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Nikola Tesla Books

Books written by or about Nikola Tesla

"Nikola Tesla," Electrical Review - N. Y., Mar. 20, 1895, p. 148. (Editorial note on loss by fire. Tesla plans to go to work with renewed vigor.) (p)

"Burning of Tesla's Laboratory," Electrical World - N. Y., Mar. 22, 1895, p. 631. (Editorial note of complete loss of laboratory on fourth floor of building. None of property was insured.) (p)

"Inventor Tesla's Loss," Scientific American, Mar. 23, 1895, p. 185. (Fire at 33 and 35 South Fifth Ave. caused total destruction of laboratory. Lists some of Tesla's accomplishments. Woodcut.) (p)

"Tesla's Laboratory Destroyed," Electrical World - N. Y., March 23, 1895, p. 358. (On the morning of Mar. 13 that the laboratory was destroyed, were results of his labors for years.) (p)

Ford, J. "Nikola Tesla - His discoveries in electricity," The Journal of Commerce and Commercial Bulletin, Mar. 30, 1895.

Guy, G. H. "Tesla, Man and Inventor," N. Y. Times, Mar. 31, 1895, p. 13, col. 1-3. (Brief summary of background and accomplishments. Mentions loss of laboratory by fire.) (n)

"Inventor Tesla's Work - Some of the Things That He Has Accomplished," N. Y. Sun, Mar. 31, 1895. (n)

Martin, Thomas Commerford. "Tesla Oscillator & Other Inventions," Century Magazine, Apr., 1895, pp. 916-933. (An authoritative account of some of Tesla's recent work. Includes drawings and photos. Reprinted in Tribute to Nikola Tesla, Belgrade, 1961.)

Johnson, Robert Underwood. "In Tesla's Laboratory," Century Magazine, Apr., 1895, p. 933. (Poem by author.) (p)

Martin, T. C. "The Burning of Tesla's Laboratory," Engineering Magazine, Apr., 1895, pp. 101-104. (Describes Tesla's laboratory, in a sense, a private museum, with many seeking entrance. Most painful loss is notes and papers.) (p)

"Nikola Tesla's Lost Apparatus," Electrical Review - N. Y., Apr. 3, 1895, pp. 172, 173. (Illustrations and description of some of the inventor's devices destroyed by fire.) (p)

Johnson, Robert U. "In Tesla's Laboratory," Electrical Review - N. Y., Apr. 3, 1895, p. 177. (Poem by author.) (p)

"The Tesla Oscillators," Electricity, Apr. 3, 1895, p. 156. (Tesla about ready to market the apparatus when his laboratory was destroyed by fire. Based on use of steam. See also Century Mag.) (p)

"Stages and Types of the Tesla Oscillator," Electrical Engineer - N. Y., Apr. 3, 1895, pp. 302-304. (Reproduced photos from Electrical Engineer of Nov. 8, 1893, and Century, Apr., 1895, with description of types of apparatus.) (p)

"Tesla Experiments in Berlin," Electrical Engineer - N. Y., Apr. 3, 1895, p. 309. (Demonstration by Prof. Spies, assisted by Prince Henry, brother of the German Emporer.) (p)