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Nikola Tesla Books

Books written by or about Nikola Tesla

"Tesla's Experiments with Alternating Currents of High Frequency," Electrical Review - London, June 5, 1891, p. 723. (Review of Tesla's lecture at Columbia College, May 20, 1891.) (p)

Tesla, von Nikola. "Erscheinungen bei Wechelstromen mit hoher Wechselzahl," Elektrotechnische Zeitschrift - Berlin, June 5, 1891, pp. 289-292. (fp)

"Alternating Current Phenomena," Engineering - London, June 12, 1891, p. 710. (Refers to Tesla's lecture at Columbia College.) (p)

"Wechselstrommaschine für hohe Wechselzahl von Tesla," Elektrotechnische Zeitschrift - Berlin, June 19, 1891, pp. 327, 328. (fp)

"Tesla's Versuche mit Wechselströmen von hoher Wechselzahl," Elektrotechnische Zeitschrift - Berlin, June 19, 1891, pp. 328, 329. (fp)

Tesla, Nikola. "Experiments With Alternating Currents of High Frequency, and Their Application to Methods of Artificial Illumination," AIEE Transactions, July, 1891, pp. 266-319. (Lecture delivered before meeting of AIEE, N. Y., at Columbia College, May 20, 1891.) (p)

"Tesla's System of Electric Lighting with Currents of High Frequency," Electrical Engineer - N. Y., July 1, 1891, p. 9. (Discusses patent just issued to Tesla on method of electric illumination.} (p)

"Mr. Tesla's New System of Illumination," Electrical Engineer - N. Y., July 1, 1891, p. 11. (Refers to article on p. 9. of this issue.) (p)

Tesla, Nikola. "Electrical Discharges in Vacuum Tubes," Electrical Engineer - N. Y., July 1, 1891, pp. 14, 15. (Compares his experiments and conclusions with those obtained by Prof. J. J. Thomson. Reprinted in Nikola Tesla, Lectures, Patents, Articles, Belgrade, 1956. Also reprinted in Inventions, Researches and Writings of Nikola Tesla, by T. C. Martin.) (p)

"Review of Tesla's Lecture," Electrical Engineer - N. Y., July 8, 1891, pp. 32, 33. (From a standpoint of scientific research, Mr. Tesla's paper conceded to be one of the most remarkable productions in recent years.) (p)

Tesla, Nikola. "Experiments with Alternate Currents of Very High Frequency, & Their Application to Methods of Artificial Illumination," Electrical Engineer - N. Y., July 8, 1891, pp. 25-48. (Text of Tesla lecture in full.) (p)

Wetzler, Joseph. "Electric Lamps Fed From Space, and Flames That Do Not Consume," Harper's Weekly, July 11, 1891, p. 524. (Review of portion of Tesla's Columbia College Lecture.) (p)

Editorial "Tesla's Researches in Rapid Alternation at High Frequency," Electrical World - N. Y., July 11, 1891, p. 17. (Refers to text of Tesla's lecture in this issue. Authority, Mr. Preece, favors Tesla's proposals. Sir Wm. Thomson comes down "flat-footed" in favor of continuous current distribution by feeders, as described by Edison.) (p)