Various Tesla book cover images

Nikola Tesla Books

Books written by or about Nikola Tesla

Electronic Service Industry Yearbook Sixth Edition 1974-1975. NESDA (National Electronic Service Dealers Assoc., Inc.), 1974. (Section on Electronics Industry Hall of Fame, pp. 151-157. Photos of those elected are included. Photo of Tesla and short biographical sketch, p. 157.) (b)

Omarr, Sydney. Sydney Omarr's Astrological Guide for 1974. Signet Book - The New American Library. (Article entitled "Memories and Reflections", by Carl Payne Tobey. If Tesla didn't have the answer to a question, he would admit that he did not know, pp. 254, 255.) (b)

Ostrander, Sheila, & Schroeder, Lynn. Handbook of PSI Discoveries. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1974, pp. 78, 80, 102. (Use of Tesla coil in Kirlian photography.) (b)

Science Fair Story of Electronics. Fort Worth, Texas: Radio Shack, 1974. (Science quiz on names of famous inventors, pp. 18, 19.) (b)

3M Company (Sales Brochure No. E-1F1-3), 1974. (Includes article, "A Better Electric Chair," Tesla vs. Edison, who lobbied successfully for AC electric chair, and using it as example of danger of alternating currents, p. 8.) (b)

Цверава Г. К.: НИКОЛА ТЕСЛА, изд. Наука, Ленинград, 1974. $1 (u)

Brown, William C. "The Technology and Application of Free-Space Power Transmission by Microwave Beam," IEEE Proceedings, Jan., 1974, pp. 11-25. (The point to point transfer of power by a microwave beam is an emerging technology with several unique characteristics and applications. Concept of power transfer by radio waves was first pioneered by Tesla at the turn of the century.) (p)

"Questions and Answers," Pyramid Guide, Jan.-Feb., 1974, p. 6. (Mention of Tesla conical shaped coil.) (p)

Jueneman, F. B. J. "The First Law of Thermodynamics," Industrial Research, Feb., 1974, pp. 17-18. (Nikola Tesla, at Colorado Springs, in 1899, found that the earth was a large electron sink, and electrical storms generated standing wave potentials.) (p)

Lawn, M. J., Jr., and Rice, Warren. "Calculated Design Data for the Multiple-Disc Turbine Using Incompressible Fluid," Fluids Engineering Division, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Feb., 1974. (Conference paper presented at the Joint Fluids Engineering and CSME Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 13-14, 1974.) (p)

Quinby, Comdr. E. J. "Hydro-Electric Power Seen as a Petroleum Saver," The Key West Citizen, Feb. 6, 1974. (With all the clamor about energy crisis, we avoid mentioning hydro-electric developments. Mentions Tesla's AC inventions and the Niagara Falls development.) (n)

Pater, L. L., Crowther, E., and Rice, W. "Flow Regime Definition for Flow Between Coratating Discs," Journal of Fluids Engineering, Trans. ASME, Mar., 1974, Vol. 96, Series 1, No. 1, Paper No. 73-WA/FE-9, pp. 29-34.) (p)