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Ask any electrical engineering student today to tell you something about. Tesla, and you are likely to get a blank stare. Or the counter-question: "Who was Tesla?" It seems preposterous that our...

In the spring of 1983 I was browsing through the Allegheny College Library and found a book titled Prodigal Genius, The Life of Nikola Tesla by John J. O'Neill (1944). I had known about Tesla and his...

(Marconi and Edison notwithstanding.) Popular beliefs in history are often not factual and cannot bear scrutiny. Such is the case for the history of electricity, which ultimately led to radio. From...

Tesla, the greatest pioneer of them all! A young immigrant from Yugoslavia stirred the world of electrical engineering when, in 1888, he presented a paper, "A New System of Alternate Current Motors...

A unique demonstration of electrical resonance for the experienced hobbyist. The spark-excited Tesla high-frequency transformer provides a display that leaves most first-time observers wide-eyed and...