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Nikola Tesla Books

Books written by or about Nikola Tesla

Tesla, Nikola. "The Moon's Rotation," Electrical Experimenter, Apr., 1919, pp. 366, 892. (Refers to Feb. issue on same subject - gives definition of axial rotation.) (p)

"Tesla's Opinion on Thought Transmission," Electrical Experimenter, May, 1919, p. 12. (p)

Gernsback, Hugo. "The Thought Recorder," Electrical Experimenter, May, 1919, pp. 12, 84, 85. (Author asks three prominent scientists, Nikola Tesla, Lee deForest, and Dr. G. W. Pickard their views on the subject.) (p)

Tesla, Nikola. "The True Wireless," Electrical Experimenter, May, 1919, pp. 28-30, 61-63, 87. (Tesla says Hertz wave theory is a delusion. Signals must be from earth currents.) (p)

Rusk, Rogers D. "Cold Light," Electrical Experimenter, May, 1919, pp. 23, 73. (Ideas seem to have first occurred to Nikola Tesla with regard to cold light.) (p)

Tesla, Nikola. "My Inventions," Electrical Experimenter, May, 1919, pp. 16, 17, 64, 65, 89. (Part IV - Discusses discovery of the Tesla coil and transformer. Illustrated.) (p)

"Address by B. A. Behrend on Presentation of the Edison Medal to Benjamin G. Lamme by the AIEE, May 16, 1919," Electric Journal - London, June, 1919, pp. 235-238. ("...I think Mr. Lamme's leadership in the single phase railway field has followed logically from his work in the transformation of Nikola Tesla's great creative ideas into commercial form.") (p)

Tesla, Nikola. "My Inventions," Electrical Experimenter, June, 1919, pp. 112, 113, 148, 173, 176. (Part V - Development of magnifying transmitter on Long Island. Illustrated.) (p)

Tesla, Nikola. "The Moon's Rotation," Electrical Experimenter, June, 1919, pp. 132, 133, 156, 157, 160. (Moon contains no rotational energy. Illustrated.) (p)

"Tesla Bulbs," Electrical Experimenter, June, 1919, pp. 134, 179, 180, 184. (Early researches developed bulb which may be more sensitive than the Audion or Fleming valve.) (p)

Townley, Calvert. "The Edison Medal," Electric Journal - London, July, 1919, pp. 233, 234. (Lists Nikola Tesla as recipient in 1916.) (p)

Miessner, Benjamin Franklin. "The Electric Dog," Scientific American Supplement, June 14, 1919, pp. 376, 377. (Radio controlled device on wheels. Refers to Tesla's belief that every living thing is "merely an automaton".) (p)

Tesla, Nikola. "Electrical Oscillators," Electrical Experimenter, July, 1919, pp. 228, 229, 259, 260. (Discusses development of equipment. Reprinted in Nikola Tesla, Lecturers, Patents, Articles, Beograd, 1956.) (p)