Various Tesla book cover images

Nikola Tesla Books

Books written by or about Nikola Tesla

"The Automobile Speedometer that Operates by Air Friction," Scientific American, Apr. 15, 1916, p. 308. (Tesla invention described, with photos.) (p)

"Tesla's Million Dollar Mystery," Literary Digest, Apr. 29, 1916, pp. Tesla's 1213, 1214. (From Export American Industries, Mar., 1916. laboratory and tower at Shoreham, Long Island, with photos.) (p)

"Tesla's Million Dollar Mystery," English Mechanic & World of Science, May 19, 1916, p. 327. (From Export American Industries, Mar., 1916. See also Literary Digest, April 29, 1916. Refers to Tesla's laboratory and tower at Shoreham, Long Island.) (p)

"Tesla's Early Work on Radio Controlled Vessels," Electrical Experimenter, June, 1916, pp. 88, 89, 136, 137. (History of Tesla's work with photos and diagrams. Reprinted in Tribute To Nikola Tesla, Beograd, 1961.) (p)

"Marconi Co. Answers Suit," N. Y. Times, July 27, 1916, p. 5, col. 6. (Asks that Tesla Co. complaint be dismissed. Claims Tesla did not comply with conditions and requirements of patent law.) (n)

"Tesla, Inventor, May go to Jail for Contempt Charge," Boston American, Aug. 24, 1916. (City of N. Y. obtained judgement of $935 against Tesla.) (n)

Rusk, Rogers D. "The Marvels of Modern Physics," Electrical Experimenter, Sept., 1916, pp. 330, 375. (Describes high frequency phenomena, including Tesla's work in the field.) (p)

Cohen, Samuel. "Lightning Made to Order," Electrical Experimenter, Nov., 1916, pp. 474, 475, 533. (Tesla's experiments at Colorado Springs, with photos. Also cover illustration. Reprinted in Tribute to Nikola Tesla, Beograd, 1961.) (p)

"The Marvels of Modern Physics," Electrical Experimenter, Nov., 1916, pp. 485, 538, 539. (History of Wireless era, with reference to Tesla's work.) (p)

"Tesla Vs. Marconi Company," Electrical Experimenter, Nov., 1916, p. 536. (Marconi Co. denies Tesla as being the original inventor.) (p)

Tesla, Nikola. "Wonders of The Future," Collier's, Dec. 2, 1916, pp. 8, 38. (Discusses improvements in use of electricity has many possibilities.) (p)

Behrend, Bernard A. Boston: Marrymount Press, 1917. (Address delivered at the Presentation of the AIEE of the Edison Medal to Nikola Tesla in the auditorium of the United Engineering Societies Bldg., N. Y., May 18, 1917.) (b)

Glumac, Dorde. Nikola Tesla. Priroda, Zagreb, 1917, 120 pp.

Cohen, Samuel. "Dr. Nikola Tesla and His Achievements," Electrical Experimenter, Feb., 1917, pp. 712, 713, 777. (Brief history of Tesla developments, with illustrations; includes full-page-size supplemental sepia-color portrait illustration.) (p)