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Nikola Tesla Books

Books written by or about Nikola Tesla

"Tesla's Wonderful Experiments," Scientific American, Feb. 27, 1892, p. 132. (Review of Tesla's lecture at the Royal Institution.) (p)

"Electric Light & Electric Force," Spectator, Feb. 6, 1892, p. 193. (Brief review of Tesla lecture at the Royal Institution, and needs for electrical development of the future.) (p)

Street Railway Gazette, Feb. 27, 1892, p. 4, col. 3; p. 5, col. 13; p. 6, col. 1. (n)

Electrical Review - N. Y., Feb. 27, 1892, p. 4. (Editorial - Tesla's reception in London termed as enthusiastic as lecture before AIEE.) (p)

"Foreign Electrical News," Electrical World - N. Y., Feb. 27, 1892, p. 132. (Brief note that no American scientific lecturer ever created more interest than Mr. Tesla has done in a single performance.) (p)

Gordon, J. E. H. "The Latest Electrical Discovery," Nineteenth Century, Mar., 1892, pp. 399-402. (Source of reference is Elect. Review - N. Y., Apr. 9, 1892, p. 89, and Elect. Engr. - London, Feb. 26, 1892, p. 193. Review of Tesla's lecture at the Royal Institution, London. Refers also to the work of Sir William Thomson and Prof. Crookes.) (p)

"Tesla Apparatus," Electrical Engineer - London, Mar. 4, 1892, pp. 219, 220. (Tesla experimental apparatus is being constructed for lecture purposes at the Finsbury Technical College.) (p)

Schmid, Albert. "The Tesla Multiphase Current Motor," Electrical Engineer - N. Y., Mar. 9, 1892, pp. 243, 344. (Multiphase motors manufactured by Westinghouse have been in successful commercial operation for several years, contradictory to the impression that experiments between Frankfurt and Lauffen were the first example of this method of transmission.) (p)

"Tesla's Experiments," Electrical Engineer - London, Mar. 11, 1892, p. 242. (Brief note that French papers this week are full of Mr. Tesla and his experiments.) (p)

"French Papers Full of Tesla," Electrical Review - London, Mar. 11, 1892, p. 242. (p)

"Tesla At The Royal Institution," Scientific American, Mar. 12, 1892, p. 168. (Departing from custom as regards great lecturers, Lord Rayleigh and Sir Frederick Bramwell made statements of high praise for Tesla's work.) (p)

"Tesla's Experiments," English Mechanic and World of Science, Mar. 18, 1892, p. 79. (Refers to Electrical Engineer - alternating currents not dangerous under proper conditions.) (p) 

"Mr. Tesla Before the Royal Institution, London," Electrical Review - N. Y., Mar. 19, 1892, p. 57. (Review of lecture on Feb. 3, 1892. Hoped that others will produce for the world the practical outcome hinted by the "wonderful" lecture by Mr. Tesla.) (p)