English Mechanic and World of Science

The remarkable experiments in a new system of electric lighting shown by Mr. Nikola Tesla at the Royal Institution last week seem to have astonished those who do not keep themselves abreast of the...

Without going very deeply into a description of the apparatus used by M. Tesla in his experiments with electricity at high voltage, and which have been recently described in the “E. M.,” it will be...

The use of the oil is to insure good insulation. Even if a leak momentarily occurs in the coil, the oil oozes in and restores the insulation. The object of the jar is to increase the number of...

Incandescent Lamps without Return Circuit - Lighting by Condenser Discharge We illustrate herewith an interesting system of electric lighting invented by Mr. Tesla, which is the outgrowth of the...

Says “We Shall Soon be Talking Round the World.” As we said last week, Mr. Edison was reported to have said in an interview of the New York World that he did not believe with Tesla in being able to...

Just at this time, when all efforts towards peaceful arbitration notwithstanding, the nations are preparing to expend immense sums in the design and construction of monstrous battleships, it may be...

I read with interest an article in the Sunday World of Jan. 20 on “Tuned Lightning,” described as a mysterious new energy, which is to turn every wheel on earth, and is supposed to have been recently...