# \#transformer **URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tag/transformer/4611.md [Latest](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/latest.md) · [Categories](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/categories.md) · [Tags](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/tags.md) --- ## [History of the Alternating Current Transformer](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/history-of-the-alternating-current-transformer/3587)
**Author:** [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [24 January 2024 22:10 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/history-of-the-alternating-current-transformer/3587 "2024-01-24T22:10:37Z")
No, despite his claims later in life and their being repeated by gullible journalists and biographers, Nikola Tesla had nothing to do with the invention of the AC transformer. His Tesla coil was a resonant…