Electric coil inventor (5)

I believe the answer is:

tesla

(Other definitions for tesla that I've seen before include "Physics unit" , "Unit of magnetic flux density" , "SI unit; steal (anag.)" , "Physicist" , "Nikola ---, electricity pioneer" .)

I've seen this clue in the King Feature Syndicate.

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