Various Tesla book cover images

Nikola Tesla Books

Books written by or about Nikola Tesla

Leaman, A. B. The Design, Construction & Investigation of a Tesla Turbine. MS Thesis, University of Maryland, 1950. (b)

Njegovan, Vladimir. Nikola Tesla, heroj tehnike. Zagreb, Prosvjeta, 1950, 54 pp. (Illus. Includes bibliography.) (fb)

Ludwig, L. R. "Industry's Electrical Drives in the 20th Century,' Westinghouse Engineer, Jan., 1950, p. 71. (Article mentions Tesla's basic contribution of the induction motor and polyphase system to the electrical power industry.) (p)

Hibben, S. G. "Light Yesterday and Tomorrow," Westinghouse Engineer, Jan., 1950, p. 81. (Has illustration of the Tesla polyphase system exhibit at the Columbian Exposition.) (p)

Tripalo, Antun. "Obrtno magnetno polje," Nauka i Tehnika - Beograd, Mar., 1950, p. 113. (fp)

Jeramić, B. "Najveća nepravda velike reklame," Nauka i Tehnike - Beograd, Mar., 1950, p. 218. (fp)

Morrison, Philip and Emily. "High Vacuum," Scientific American, May, 1960, pp. 20-24. (In the discussion of gas leak detection, p. 24, appears this comment: "To detect gas in simple glass systems the experimenter may use a Tesla coil outside and watch the color of the spark discharge that identifies the gas within.") (p)

Foster, Freling. "Keeping Up With The World," Collier's, Sept. 23, 1950, p. 8. (Brief sketch of Nikola Tesla. Photograph.) (p)

"Nikola Tesla - Inventor," Proceedings of the I. R. E., Oct., 1950, p. 1097. (Letter to Editor from Ted Powell, asking why Tesla's name is generally absent in radio pioneer work.) (p)

Holmes, Lt. Comdr. David C., USN. Young Peoples Book of Radar. New York: McBride & Co., 1951. (Mention of Tesla.) (b)

O'Nil, Dzon (O'Neill, John J.) Nenadmašni Genije; Zivot Nikole Tesle. Predgover, Sava N. Kosenovic. Proveta, Izdavacko Preduzece Srbije, Beograd, 1951, 300 pp.; supplemented with 9 pp. illus. (In Crylic) (Prodigal Genius; The Life of Nikola Tesla, Introduction, Sava N. Kosenovic. Serbian Edition, Beograd, Prosvjeta, 1951.) (fb)

O'Neill, John J. Življenje Nikole Tesle. Poljudno-Poucna Dela. Slovensko izdajo priredil Lavo Čermlj - 1951, 278 + (ii) + slika posmrtne maske Nikola Tesla. (Life of Nikola Tesla - National-Educational work. Slovena Edition prepared by Lavo Cermlj, illus., 1951, 278 + (ii) - the picture of the death mask of Nikola Tesla.) (fb)

O'Neill, John. Nikola Tesla - Der Gegenspieler Edisions - Rohere Verlag, Wein-Innsbruck-Wiesbaden, 1951. (fb)