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Nikola Tesla Books

Books written by or about Nikola Tesla

Tesla, Nikola. "Mr. Tesla on Alternate Current Motors," Electrical Review - London, June 7, 1889, pp. 648, 649. (Letter addressed to Electrical World N. Y., states that Ganz & Co. motors do not show anything extraordinary. Comparisons with Westinghouse motors.) (p)

Tesla, Nikola. "Mr. Nikola Tesla & The Ganz Alternating Current Motor," Electrician - London, June 7, 1889, p. 114. (Discusses deficiencies in Ganz & Co. motors vs. Westinghouse. Calls attention to various forms of alternating current motors.) (p)

"The Tesla Self Starting Motor System," Electrical World - N. Y., July 6, 1889, p. 9. (Description of system using ground principle. Diagrams.) (p)

"Tesla Synchronous Motor," Electrician - London, July 19, 1889, p. 264. (Simple Tesla method of starting synchronous motor, using the earth. Use of earth considered unfavorable for English use.) (p)

"The Tesla Self-Starting Alternating Motor System," Electrical Review - London, July 19, 1889, p. 64. (Generator and motor with ground connections that can be broken.) (p)

 "American Notes," Electrical World - N. Y., July 19, 1889, pp. 277, 278. (Westinghouse displays shrewdness in engaging Tesla. Methods of starting motors discussed.) (p)

"No. 47012. Schaltung eines Transformators und des zugehörigen Stromerzeugers. Nikola Tesla in New York." Elektrotechnische Zeitschrift - Berlin, Aug., 1889, p. 417. - (fp)

"Circuits for Tesla Alternating Motors," Electrical World - N. Y., Sept. 14, 1889, p. 178. (M. Leblanc, a French electrician, makes suggestion for suppression of the double sets of leads of the Tesla motor.) (p)

"Selbstangehender Wechselstrommotor von Nikola Tesla," Elektrotechnische Zeitschrift - Berlin, Oct., 1889, p. 473. (fp)

Patten, Liet. F. Jarvis. "Alternating Current Motors: The Evolution of a New Type,'" Electrical Engineer - London, Oct. 11, 1889, pp. 287-289. (Description of a new alternating current motor, with drawings of circuit detail.) (p)

"Rectifying Alternating Currents," Electrical World - N. Y., Nov. 15, 1889, p. 25. (Refers to Electrical World article, describing methods suggested by Tesla for rectifying alternating currents.) (p)

"Continuous Currents From Alternating Currents," Electrical World - N. Y., Nov. 15, 1889, p. 42. (Problem of obtaining continuous from alternating currents. Tesla offers simple solution.) (p)

"A New Type of Tesla Alt. Current Motor," Electrical World - N. Y., Dec. 14, 1889, p. 382. (Describes means of securing proper difference in phase between the motor circuits.) (p)