Nikola Tesla Books
"Tesla Predicts Fuelless Plane Without Engine," N. Y. Herald Tribune, July 12, 1927, 1 col. ("Wizard of Wireless" says radio force will furnish both power and direction for airships of the future.) (n)
Brooklyn Eagle, July 15, 1927, p. 9, col. 1. (Editorial on 71st Birthday.) (n)
Swezey, K. M. "Power by Radio Predicted for Near Future," N. Y. Herald Tribune, July 24, 1927, pp. 1, 5. (Nikola Tesla talks of developments to take place within the next 5 years. Wireless transmission of energy will be available. Radio transmission without loss of power and elimination of static. Aircraft operated by power from ground source. Tesla's system completely different in principle of operation.) (n)
"Dr. Tesla Picks Tunney on Basis of Mechanics," N. Y. Herald Tribune, Sept. 22, 1927. (Elasticity, enabling quickness of response to offset energy of mass impact of Dempsey will be deciding factor. Interest in fighting dates back to friendship with John L. Sullivan. Ed. note: Tunney won.) (n)
Swezey, K. M. "Nikola Tesla, Wonder Man of the New Wonder World," Psychology - N. Y., Oct., 1927, pp. 19, 58, 60, 62. (Concerning personality and sensitivities of this creative genius.) (p)
Tesla, Nikola. "World System of Wireless Transmission of Energy," Telegraph & Telephone Age - N. Y., Oct. 16, 1927, pp. 457-460. (Transmission of power without wires is not a theory, but "a fact demonstrated by Tesla". Mode of propagation of currents from transmitter has mean speed 57% greater than Hertz waves.) (p)
"Radio Waves and the Transmission of Electrical Energy for Power," Telegraph & Telephone Age - N. Y., Dec. 1, 1927, p. 528. (Editorial comment - various scientists views on the subject, including results obtained by Nikola Tesla.) (p)
Rutherford, Sir Ernest. "Scientific Aspects of Intense Magnetic Fields & High Voltages," Nature - London, Dec. 3, 1927, pp. 809-811. (Reference in Nature 121:335, 1928 - Refers to Tesla coil effects.) (p)
Blake, G. G. History of Radio Telegraphy & Telephony. London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1928. (Short discussions of Tesla's wireless patents, pp. 63, 94, 123, 164.) (b)
Carwile, Preston B. Tesla Luminescence in Certain Oxides of Nitrogen. (PhD Thesis at University of Virginia, 1928.) (b)
Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Spirit. Pittsburgh: Robert L. Forsythe Co., 1928, 379 pp. (Addresses at the Chamber of Commerce of Pittsburgh.) (b)
"Pioneering Work of Nikola Tesla in Wireless Power Transmission," Detroit News, Jan. 29, 1928, pt. 10, p. 6. (Tesla work at Colorado Springs, and reference to work of other scientists.) (n)
"Combined Helicopter and Plane Patentable. Claims Covering Method of Operation, Described as Novel, Allowed," United States Daily, Feb. 11, 1928, 1 col. (n)
