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Nikola Tesla Books

Books written by or about Nikola Tesla

"Tesla Says Edison Rose at Psychological Moment," N. Y. Herald Tribune, Oct. 19, 1931. (Tesla pays tribute to the passing of a 'Napoleonic Individuality'.) (n)

"Tesla Says Edison Was An Empiricist," N. Y. Times, Oct. 19, 1931, p. 25, col. 8. (Tesla, ex-aide of Edison, says a little theory would have saved him 90% of labor.) (n)

"No High-Speed Limit, Says Tesla," Literary Digest, Nov. 7, 1931, p. 28. (Speeds greater than light, deemed impossible by the Einstein theory, have been accomplished. As early as 1900 Tesla showed that power from his transmitter passed over the earth at a speed of 292,830 miles per second.) (p)

"Sea Power Plant Designed by Tesla," N. Y. Times, Nov. 8, 1931, II, p. 1, col. 3. (He holds steam can be made economically using different temperatures of ocean.) (n)

Gernsback, H. "Faster Than Light," Everyday Science & Mechanics, Nov., 1931, p. 9. (Editorial convinced that he propogated frequencies at speeds greater than light. Contradicts part of theory of relativity.) (p)

Tesla, Nikola. "Our Future Motive Power," Everyday Science & Mechanics, Dec., 1931, pp. 26-28, 78, 80, 81, 96. (Indicates method of tapping earth's hidden resources which will support the industry of future generations.) (p)

Abbot, Charles Greeley. Great Inventions (Vol. 12), Smithsonian Institution Series, 1932. (An account of Tesla's alternating current motor developments, pp. 31-36.) (b)

Boksan, Slavko. Nikola Tesla und sein Werk; und die Entwicklung der Elektrotechnik, der Hochfrequenz und Hochspannungs technik und der Radio-technik. Leipzig-Wien-New York: Deutcher Verlag fur Jugendund Volk, 1932. (fb)

Naša pošta. Revue yougoslave des postes et télécommunications. Sveska posvećcena proslavi Nikole Tesle. Volume dédié au jubilé de Nicolas Tesla. Beograd [Štamparija "Plenata," 1932] 275-336 p. port.
Reprinted from Naša pošta, v. 100/1, 1932. Contents - Jubilé de Nicolas Tesla.-Pisma autoriteta upućena Tesli prilikom proslave njegove 75-godišnjice. Lettres des autorites addresses à Tesla a l'occasion de sa 75-eme anniversaire.-Napisi. Articles.-Ocene i prikazi domaće i otrane štampe. Literaturberichte. - Patenti Teslini. Teslasche Patents in U. S. A. - nove knjige. (fp, b)

Kašanin, Radivoje. Dvostruki jubilej Nikole Tesle. Matematički List, no. 2, Beograd, 1932. (fp)

Tesla, Nikola. "Dr. Tesla Writes of Various Phases of His Discovery," N. Y. Times, Feb. 6, 1932, p. 16, col. 8. (Letter to Editor - Gives his findings on cosmic rays.) (n)

O'Neill, J. J. "Sun Emits Super Ray, Nikola Tesla Asserts," Brooklyn Eagle, Feb. 8, 1932, p. 4, col. 1. (n)