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Nikola Tesla Books

Books written by or about Nikola Tesla

"Inventors," Popular Science Monthly, Feb., 1945, pp. 128, 129. (Brief biographical sketches of famous inventors, including Nikola Tesla.) (p)

Kaempffert, Waldemar. "Electrical Sorcerer," N. Y. Times, Feb. 4, 1945, Book Review Section, pp. 6, 22. (Review of Prodigal Genius, by John J. O'Neill.) (n)

"Nikola Tesla Commemorative Lecture," The Journal of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, March, 1945, p. 98. (Notice of copies of lecture available.) (p)

Crow, W. D. "Prodigal Prophet," N. Y. American, Mar. 18, 1945, Mag. Section, p. 4. (Biographical sketch of Tesla by Mr. Crow, who was friend and designer of Tesla's tower on Long Island. "Nikola Tesla predicted everything from neon lights to death rays and batted .800 inventing them....") (n)

Kosanović, N. Sava. "Poslednji dani i smrt Nikole Tesle," Nauka i Tehnika - Beograd, May-June, 1945, p. 263. (fp)

Sljivić, Dr. Sreten. "Primena Teslinih struja u spektroskopiji," Nauka i Tehnika - Beograd, May-June, 1945, p. 280. (fp)

"Noted Inventor Joins Jack & Heintz," Jahco News (Jack & Heintz, Inc., Cleveland), Nov., 1945. (Refers to Nikola Trbojevich - nephew of Dr. Nikola Tesla.) (p)

150 Coyne Shop Prints & How to Read Them. Coyne Electrical School, 1946. (Tesla coil, diagram and instructions, p. 180) (b)

McNicol, Donald. Hill Book Co., 43, 54-56, 65, Radio's Conquest of Space. N. Y. & London: Murray 1946. (References to Tesla and his work, pp. 35, 39, 73-75, 89, 144.) (b)

O'Neill, John J. You and the Universe. New York: Ives Washburn, Inc., 1946. (Chapter 7, an account of Tesla's ability to visualize his inventions. Includes reminiscences of Tesla's sensitivities, pp. 145-149.) (b)

Russell, Walter. Great Men I Have Known. Copyright, 1946, 17 pp. (Address of Walter Russell given in Fort Worth, Texas, June 18, 1946. Reference to Tesla, p. 14.) (b)

Waters, Frank. The Colorado. New York: Reinhart & Co., 1946. (p. 333 mentions that author's grandfather had helped in construction of Tesla's Colorado Springs laboratory.) (b)

Ivizić, S. 90 godina od rodenja Nikole Tesle. Glas Slavonije, Osijek, July 12, 1946. (fb)

ВОЕВОДИН П. И.: Никола Тесла - Электричество, Москва, Нов. 1948 (Reprinted in Tribute to Nikola Tesla, Beograd, 1961.)

Manchester, Harland. "Strange Genius - Nikola Tesla," Baltimore Daily Sun, Apr. 27, 1947. (See also Readers Digest, July, 1947, pp. 129-132.) (n)