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Nikola Tesla articles from Electric Spacecraft Journal
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Will the U.S. Government Ever Tell Its Tesla Secrets?

There’s a lot more to be said about Tesla’s work in electrostatic technology. No one seems to know anything about Tesla’s DC machine. Examine Figure 39 in my book, Nikola Tesla On His Work with AC...

Tour of the High Energy Amateur Science Lab

Over the last 35 years, electronics systems engineer Richard Hull has done some serious tinkering with Tesla coils, electrostatic devices, water arc systems, nuclear fusion devices and many smaller...

More surprises yet to come from Tesla?

The article, “Tesla Magnifier Basics,” by Richard Hull in ESJ 10 was an important contribution to the understanding of operational and construction aspects of high energy resonant-coil systems. What...


Fireball Production from a Tesla Coil

James and Kenneth Corum searched the historical record for clues as to how Tesla was able to generate fireballs on-demand. They discovered that operating two, different-frequency coils placed inside...

A Close Look at Charge Deposition from a Pulsed Tesla Coil System

Results of a prior experiment and its conclusions are re-examined by two researchers. Charge deposition on isolated capacities due to rapid discharge of “non-sparking” Tesla coils is tested a second...

The Tesla Power Wave (1899-1991)

Ron Kovac built a working model of Tesla’s 1899 Colorado Springs transmitter to investigate the Power Wave. This paper explains his simulation of Tesla’s experiments and the results. Introduction In...

Tesla's Tower - Wardenclyffe

( We dedicate this article in memory of John Ratzlaff and his wife, Mildred, whose kindness and open sharing have helped so many .) Tesla’s Wardenclyffe Tower technology might have a direct...

Final Thoughts on Tesla's Work with High-Frequency Alternating Currents

The following article is a collection of final thoughts from Leland Anderson regarding Nikola Tesla's work. These are the result of a lifetime of study based on the author's interviews with living...

Rare notes from Tesla on Wardenclyffe

Leland Anderson has kindly provided copies of rare documents from the Tesla Museum in Belgrade. The papers reproduced in this report supply information about the Wardenclyffe tower, and show that the...