Nikola Tesla Articles
Books on Tesla Published Since 1943 and a Selection of Tesla's Patents
List of books about Tesla published since 1943
(in Serbo-Croatian and Slovenian)
Ivezić, Stjepan: 90 years since the birth of Nikola Tesla
Glas Slavonije, Osijek, July 12, 1946.
Bokšan, Slavko: Nikola Tesla and his work
Fundamentals of electrical engineering, high-frequency techniques and radio engineering
Nikola Tesla Library, vol. II, Scientific Book, Belgrade, 1950. (1st ed. 1946)
Ivanović, Dragiša: Nikola Tesla
Kolarac People’s University Library, vol. no. 24, Belgrade, 1949.
Bokšan, Slavko: (compiled, edited and commented)
The Work of Nikola Tesla
– Polyphase system of production, transmission, distribution and utilization of electrical energy
Serbian Academy of Sciences – Special Editions, vol. CLXXI – Department of Technical Sciences, vol. 1.
Belgrade, 1950.
Njegovan, Vladimir: Nikola Tesla, hero of technology
Zagreb, Prosvjeta, 1950.
Popović, Vojislav: Nikola Tesla
Technical Book, Belgrade, 1951.
O’Neill, John: Unsurpassed genius
– The Life of Nikola Tesla (preface by S. Kosanović)
Yugoslav Nikola Tesla Society
Prosvjeta, Belgrade, 1951.
O’Neill, John: The Life of Nikola Tesla
State Publishing House of Slovenia, Ljubljana, 1951.
Damjanović, Aleksandar: Tesla’s work in electrical engineering
Kolarac People’s University Library, vol. no. 10, Belgrade, 1952.
Savić, Vladislav: Nikola Tesla, our first great ambassador in the United States of America
Nikola Tesla Society
Belgrade, 1952.
Čermelj, Dr. Lavo: Nikola Tesla and the development of electrical engineering
Mladinska knjiga, Ljubljana, 2nd ed. 1953. (1st ed. 1933)
Rubin, Drago: Nikola Tesla
Dramatized biography
Croatian Peasant Press, Zagreb, 1953.
Nikolić, Nikola: Tesla’s transformer
Telecommunications no. III, Belgrade, 1953.
Bokšan, Slavko: Nikola Tesla and his inventions
Elektrotehničar, Zagreb, 1953.
Arsenijević, Radomir: Nikola Tesla, scientist and inventor
New Days, Belgrade, 1956.
Stojanović, Božidar: Experiences and images from Tesla’s life
New Days, Belgrade, 1956.
Njegovan, Vladimir: Nikola Tesla 1856–1956
Prosvjeta, Zagreb, 1956.
Rodin, Ante: Tributes to Nikola Tesla’s work
Prosvjeta, Zagreb, 1956.
Bibliography on Nikola Tesla – Selection
Nikola Tesla Museum, Belgrade, 1962.
Pertot, Milan: Nikola Tesla, pioneer of the electric age
Management of the Electrical Power Association of Slovenia,
Ljubljana, 1962.
Group of authors: preface: Nedeljković, Dušan
Nikola Tesla, man and inventor
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Belgrade, 1968.
Editorial Board: Hvatal, Dr. Drago: Nikola Tesla 1856–1943.
– Electric Association of Slovenia, Ljubljana, 1970.
Editor: Bosanac, Tomo: Solemn academy in honor of Nikola Tesla
Council of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the SFRY
Zagreb, Dec. 12, 1973.
Stanojević, Đorđe: Nikola Tesla and his discoveries
Serbia, Belgrade, 1976. (reprint of the 1st edition from 1894)
Editor: Bosanac, Tomo: Symposium “Nikola Tesla”
Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts
Zagreb, 1978. (2 vol.)
Tesla, Simo: Tesla in stories
Yugoslav News Agency documentary, Belgrade, 1979.
Tesla, Dane: Tesla from Raduč to New York
Nikola Tesla Publishing Center, Gospić, 1981. (Research)
Dimitrijević, Kosta: Genius from Smiljan
Library “Our Paths”, Belgrade, 1981.
Petešić, Ćiril: Genius from our native land
The Life and Work of Nikola Tesla
School Newspaper, Zagreb, 2nd edition 1977.
(in English)
Collins, A. F.: Inventing For Profit and Fun
Coward – McCann, Inc., New York, 1943.
Dunlop, Orrin: Radio’s 100 Men of Science
Nikola Tesla – Genius was applicable to him
Harper and Bros., New York – London, 1944.
O’Neill, J. J.: Prodigal Genius – The Life of Nikola Tesla
Ives Washburn Inc., New York, 1944.
O’Neill, J. J.: Engineering the New Age
Ives Washburn Inc., New York, 1949.
United States Reports (Vol. 320)
Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at Oct. 1942 and Oct. Term 1943.
Washington, D.C.
U.S. Government Printing Office, 1944.
Woodbury, D. C.: Beloved Scientist
McGraw – Hill Co., New York, 1944.
Bokšan, S.: (compiled, edited and commented)
The Work of Nikola Tesla – I
The Polyphase System of Production, Transmission, Distribution and Utilization of Electrical Energy
Serbian Scientific Academy – Spec. Ed. Book 171, Belgrade, 1950.
Leaman, A. B.: The Design, Construction and Investigation of a Tesla Turbine
M.S. Thesis, Univ. of Maryland, 1950.
Armstrong, J.: Investigations of the Performance of a Modified Tesla Turbine
Georgia Institute of Technology, 1952.
Anderson, L.: Bibliography Dr Nikola Tesla (1856–1943)
Minneapolis, The Tesla Society, 1956.
Young, S. K.: The Investigation and Analysis of the Tesla Turbine
M.S. Thesis, Univ. of Illinois, June 18, 1957.
Beckhard, A. J.: Electrical Genius Nikola Tesla (Juvenile biography N.T.)
J. Messner Inc., New York, 1959.
Centenary of the Birth of Nikola Tesla 1856–1956
Muzej Nikole Tesle, Beograd, 1959.
Hunt, I. and Draper, W. W.: To Colorado’s Restless Ghosts
Denver: Sage Books, 1960.
Tribute to Nikola Tesla
Muzej Nikole Tesle, Beograd, 1961.
Walters, H. B.: Nikola Tesla, giant of electricity
T. Y. Crowell Co., New York, 1961.
Zohler, M.: Between Thunder and Lightning
J. E. Le Brun – Publisher, West Warwick, Rhode Island, 1961.
Dunlop, O. Jr.: Communications in Space
Harper and Bros., New York, 1962.
Richardson, T. L.: Introducing Nikola Tesla – Through Some of His Achievements
Vancouver, B.C.: A Gastown Production, 1970.
Bergstresser, R. E.: Nikola Tesla – Forgotten Superman
Mokelumne Hill: Health Research, 1972.
Popović, V.: Life and Work of a Genius
Yugoslav Society Nikola Tesla, Beograd, 1976.
Proceedings: Tesla Symposium, New York, 1977
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(Contains papers which were presented on the occasion of the observance marking the 120th anniversary of Nikola Tesla, Jan. 30, New York.)
Hunt, I. and Draper, W.: Lightning in His Hand – The Life Story of Nikola Tesla
Hawthorne, Calif., 1977, Ed. Omni Publ.
Cheney, M.: Tesla: Man Out of Time
Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1981.
(in German)
O’Neill, J. J.: Nikola Tesla – Der Gegenspieler Edisons
Rohrer Verlag, Wien – Innsbruck – Wiesbaden, 1951.
Marx, E.: Hochspannungs Praktikum
Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1952.
Schriftleitung: Nagler, J.: Kongress für Wechsel und Drehstromtechnik
Technisches Museum für Industrie und Gewerbe in Wien, Springer Verlag, 1953.
Wilke, A.: Das Buch der Erfindungen (III Band)
Verlag und Druck von Otto Spamer, Leipzig, 1959.
Furtwängler, W.: Nikola Tesla
Linz, 1975. Verlag autor.
(in Russian)
Editor Berg: Izobretenie radio a.s. Popovim
Sbornik dokumentov i materialov
Izd.: Akademija Nauk SSSR, Moskva – Leningrad, 1945.
Ržonsnickij, B. N.: Dimitrij Aleksandrovič Lačinov
Gosenergoizdat, Moskva – Leningrad, 1955.
Ržonsnickij, B. N.: Nikola Tesla
Molodaja gvardija, Moskva, 1959.
Cverava, G. K.: Nikola Tesla
Nauka, Leningrad, 1974.
(in Czech)
Bokšan, S.: Nikola Tesla a jeho delo
Nakladatelství rovnost, Brno, 1947.
(in Hungarian)
Kovács, S. Z.: Üstökös Nikola Tesžla életének regénye
Noviszad, 1956. Testvériség – Egyeg Könyvkiadóvállalat.
Section from the Register of Tesla's Patents
No. 381 968 Electro-Magnetic Motor
Application filed October 12, 1887
Letters Patent dated May 1, 1888
No. 381 969 Electro-Magnetic Motor
Application filed November 30, 1887
Letters Patent dated May 1, 1888
No. 381 970 System of Electrical Distribution
Application filed December 23, 1887
Letters Patent dated May 1, 1888
No. 382 279 Electro-Magnetic Motor
Application filed November 30, 1887
Letters Patent dated May 1, 1888
No. 382 280 Electrical Transmission of Power
Application filed October 12, 1887
Letters Patent dated May 1, 1888
No. 382 281 Electrical Transmission of Power
Application filed November 30, 1887
Letters Patent dated May 1, 1888
No. 390 413 System of Electrical Distribution
Application filed April 10, 1888
Letters Patent dated October 2, 1888
No. 390 414 Dynamo-Electric Machine
Application filed April 23, 1888
Letters Patent dated October 2, 1888
No. 390 415 Dynamo-Electric Machine or Motor
Application filed May 15, 1888
Letters Patent dated October 2, 1888
No. 390 721 Dynamo-Electric Machine
Application filed April 28, 1888
Letters Patent dated October 9, 1888
No. 390 820 Regulator for Alternate-Current Motor
Application filed April 24, 1888
Letters Patent dated October 9, 1888
No. 487 796 System of Electrical Transmission of Power
Application filed May 15, 1888
Letters Patent dated December 13, 1892
No. 511 559 Electrical Transmission of Power
Application filed December 8, 1888
Letters Patent dated December 26, 1893
No. 382 845 Commutator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
Application filed April 30, 1887
Letters Patent dated May 15, 1888
No. 396 121 Thermomagnetic Motor
Application filed March 30, 1886
Letters Patent dated January 15, 1889
No. 428 057 Pyromagneto-Electric Generator
Application filed May 26, 1887
Letters Patent dated May 13, 1890
No. 334 823 Commutator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
Application filed May 6, 1885
Letters Patent dated January 26, 1886
No. 335 786 Electric-Arc Lamp
Application filed March 30, 1885
Letters Patent dated February 9, 1886
No. 335 787 Electric-Arc Lamp
Application filed July 13, 1885
Letters Patent dated February 9, 1886
No. 336 961 Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
Application filed May 18, 1885
Letters Patent dated March 2, 1886
No. 336 962 Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
Application filed June 1, 1885
Letters Patent dated March 2, 1886
No. 350 954 Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
Application filed January 14, 1886
Letters Patent dated October 19, 1886
No. 359 748 Dynamo-Electric Machine
Application filed January 14, 1886
Letters Patent dated March 22, 1887
No. 511 560 System of Electrical Power Transmission
Application filed December 8, 1888
Letters Patent dated December 26, 1893
No. 511 915 Electrical Transmission of Power
Application filed May 15, 1888
Letters Patent dated January 2, 1894
No. 555 190 Alternating Motor
Application filed May 15, 1888
Letters Patent dated February 25, 1896
No. 524 426 Electromagnetic Motor
Application filed October 20, 1888
Letters Patent dated August 14, 1894
No. 401 520 Method of Operating Electro-Magnetic Motors
Application filed February 18, 1889
Letters Patent dated April 16, 1889
No. 405 858 Electro-Magnetic Motor
Application filed January 8, 1889
Letters Patent dated June 25, 1889
No. 405 859 Method of Electrical Power Transmission
Application filed March 14, 1889
Letters Patent dated June 25, 1889
No. 406 968 Dynamo-Electric Machine
Application filed March 23, 1889
Letters Patent dated July 16, 1889
No. 413 353 Method of Obtaining Direct from Alternating Currents
Application filed June 12, 1889
Letters Patent dated October 22, 1889
No. 416 191 Electro-Magnetic Motor
Application filed May 20, 1889
Letters Patent dated December 3, 1889
No. 416 192 Method of Operating Electro-Magnetic Motors
Application filed May 20, 1889
Letters Patent dated December 3, 1889
No. 416 193 Electro-Magnetic Motor
Application filed May 20, 1889
Letters Patent dated December 3, 1889
No. 416 194 Electric Motor
Application filed May 20, 1889
Letters Patent dated December 3, 1889
No. 416 195 Electro-Magnetic Motor
Application filed May 20, 1889
Letters Patent dated December 3, 1889
No. 445 207 Electro-Magnetic Motor
Application filed May 20, 1889
Letters Patent dated January 27, 1891
No. 459 772 Electro-Magnetic Motor
Application filed April 6, 1889
Letters Patent dated September 2, 1891
No. 418 248 Electro-Magnetic Motor
Application filed May 20, 1889
Letters Patent dated December 31, 1889
No. 424 036 Electro-Magnetic Motor
Application filed May 20, 1889
Letters Patent dated March 25, 1890
No. 417 794 Armature for Electric Machines
Application filed June 28, 1889
Letters Patent dated December 24, 1889
No. 433 700 Alternating-Current Electro-Magnetic Motor
Application filed March 26, 1890
Letters Patent dated August 5, 1890
No. 433 701 Alternating-Current Motor
Application filed March 26, 1890
Letters Patent dated August 5, 1890
No. 433 702 Electrical Transformer or Induction Device
Application filed March 26, 1890
Letters Patent dated August 5, 1890
No. 433 703 Electro-Magnetic Motor
Application filed April 4, 1890
Letters Patent dated August 5, 1890
No. 455 067 Electro-Magnetic Motor
Application filed January 27, 1891
Letters Patent dated June 30, 1891
No. 455 068 Electrical Meter
Application filed March 27, 1891
Letters Patent dated June 30, 1891
No. 464 666 Electro-Magnetic Motor
Application filed July 13, 1891
Letters Patent dated December 8, 1891