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Nikola Tesla Books

Books written by or about Nikola Tesla

"Nikola Tesla Tells of New Radio Theories - Does Not Believe in Hertz Waves and Heaviside Layer, Interview Discloses," N. Y. Herald Tribune, Sept. 22, 1929, pp. 1, 21, XI. (Coronal discharge from vacuum tube indicates there must be a medium besides air in the space.) (n)

Chambers, Walter. "Tesla Too Busy to be Honored at Radio Show," N. Y. Telegram, Sept. 25, 1929, p. 26, col. 1. (Tesla states, "I would not walk around the block for the power of Morgan, the wealth of Rockefeller, or the success of Ford".) (n)

"Edison's Gift to World Too Great to Measure in Facts and Figures," New York Daily Investment News, Oct. 24, 1929, p. 1. (Also credits Tesla's contributions to advancement of technology.) (n)

MacKinnon, K. A. "On the Origin of Electrodless Discharge," Philosophical Mag. - London, Nov., 1929, pp. 605-617. (Evidence of phenomena by Lehrmann, Tesla, Lecher, Steiner and others.) (p)

Tesla, Nikola. "Mr. Tesla Speaks Out," N. Y. World, Nov. 9, 1929, p. 10, col. 4, 5. (Letter to Editor Refers to N. Y. World editorial of Oct. 21. Says Edison's efforts were prodigious in amount, but not creative, and has praise for his vigorous pioneer work.) (n)

"Tesla Believes Electric Chair Kills Cruelly," N. Y. World, Nov. 17, 1929, pp. 1, 2. (Inventor hopes to abolish "barbarous" machine he made possible. Says victims may suffer seemingly endless pain. Tesla is opposed to the death penalty.) (n)

Stajich, Vasa. "Milutin Tesla, Correspondent of the 'Serbian Daily'" Letopis Matice Srpske (Serbian Chronicle), Dec., 1929. (Descriptive article about Tesla's father.) (fn)

Boksan, Slavko. Nikola Tesla and His Pioneering Work in Electro-Technology. Publ. in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1930, 220 pp. (Partly illustrated.) (fb)

Kulistic, Kosta. Nikola Tesla. Srpska zora, Sarajevo, 1930. (fb)

Loomis, May Texanna. Radio Theory & Operating. Washington, D. C.: Loomis Pub. Co., 1930. (Notes on the Tesla coil, pp. 171-173, 187, 188.) (b)

Tuve, M. A., Breit, G., and Haftad, L. R. "The Application of High Potentials to Vacuum-Tubes," Physical Review, Jan. 1, 1930, pp. 66-71. (Brief progress report in development of vacuum tubes to which high voltages produced by Tesla coils can be applied.) (p)

"A Laboratory Method of Producing High Potentials," Physical Review Jan. 1, 1930, pp. 51-65. (p)

"Tesla Sees Gain in Electricity - Predicts Baby Planes and Daylight Television," N. Y. Sun, March 27, 1930. (Predictions of advances in lighting and television principles.) (n)

Secor, H. Winfield. "Tesla Maps Our Electrical Future," Science & Invention, April, 1930, pp. 1077, 1124-1126. (Simple daylight television, baby electric planes, cosmic rays of tremendous intensity foreseen.) (p)