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Nikola Tesla Books

Books written by or about Nikola Tesla

Robberson, Elbert. "How to Build a Tesla Coil," Popular Science Monthly, Aug., 1934, pp. 190-196, 234. (Construction and operation details with photos and diagrams.) (p)

Editor note: The above article actually appears in the Popular Science Monthly of August, 1954.

"Scientific Prophet - Nikola Tesla - The Death Ray," Scientific Progress, Sept., 1934. (p) 

"Tesla Gets Scott Award for Electrical Inventions," N. Y. Herald Tribune, Oct. 6, 1934. (Medal and $1,000 cash in recognition of Dr. Tesla's discovery of the rotating magnetic field and development of the induction motor.) (n)

Welshimer, Helen. "The End of Aircraft in War," The Pittsburgh Press, Oct. 21, 1934, (Sunday Mag.), p. 1. (Tesla's new beam could bring down a fleet of 10,000 planes at a distance of 250 miles, and would also make obsolete the submarine. Instrument has nothing in common with the so called "death ray. See also Syracuse Herald, Oct. 21, 1934.) (n)

Tesla, Nikola. "Tribute to King Alexander," N. Y. Times, Oct. 21, 1934, IV, p. 5, col. 4, 5. (Letter to Editor King Alexander was a great and fearless man bringing all Yugoslavs to common ideals and traditions.) (n)

Welshimer, Helen. "Dr. Tesla Visions the End of Aircraft in War," Every Week Magazine, Oct. 21, 1934, p. 3. (Claims to have created a new agent, which kills without a trace and yet pierces the thickest armor. Can destroy armies or aircraft.) (n)

Welshimer, Helen. "Dr. Tesla Visions the End of Aircraft in War," Syracuse Herald, Oct. 21, 1934. (See also Pittsburgh Press of Oct. 21, 1934.) (n)

Swezey, K. M. "Simplified Tesla Coil," Popular Science Monthly, Dec. 1934, pp. 65, 66, 115. (Construction of Tesla coil with photo and illustrations.) (p)

Stingley, Glendora. Electricity Manual for Beauty Culture. Chicago: Publ. by author, 1935, 64 pp. (High frequency Tesla apparatus used, pp. 33-39.) (b)

Ford, Kenall. "Spectacular High Frequency Experiments," Popular Science Monthly, Feb., 1935, pp. 86, 87. (Instructions for construction with photos and diagrams.) (p)

"A Machine to End War," by Nikola Tesla as told to George Sylvester Viereck. Liberty, Feb., 1935, pp. 5-7. (Tesla pictures life 100 years from now. Reveals an astounding scientific venture which he believes will change the course of history.) (p)

"Death Ray Inventor Nurses Sick Pigion," Brooklyn Eagle, Feb. 6, 1935, p. 15, col. 3. (n)