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Nikola Tesla Books

Books written by or about Nikola Tesla

Marden, Orison Swett. Talks With Great Workers. New York; Thomas Y. Crowell, 1901. (Ch. 29: "The Discoverer of Two Hundred Inventions" Description of Tesla, noting that his success was found in hard work, pp. 179-184.) (b)

"Tesla Wired Mars," Denver Times, Jan. 1, 1901, p. 1, col. 3. (Report of Tesla detecting messages, "one; one, two, three".) (n)

"Some Planet, It Seemed to Him, Affected His Machine," N. Y. Sun, Jan. 3, 1901. (Movements on instrument repeated many times. Concludes it to be message from another planet. Discusses work at Colorado Springs in interview. See also Popular Science, Feb., 1901, p. 436.) (n)

"Astronomers Discuss Tesla's Alleged Message From Mars. They View Incredulously the Wizard's Claim that He Received Signals From Other Planet," N. Y. Journal, Jan. 4, 1901, 4 cols. (n)

"Teslaic Telegraphy," Electrical World, - N. Y., Jan. 5, 1901, p. 48. (Brief note that Rear Admiral Bradford requested Tesla to submit for trial a wireless telegraphy system perfected by him.) (p)

"A New Century Call-Up From Mars," Electrical World - N. Y., Jan. 5, 1901, p. 48. (Refers to N. Y. Sun of Jan. 3. Note that Tesla saw novel manifestation of energy, concluding it must emanate from one of the planets.) (p)

"Tesla's Twentieth-Century Views," Western Electrician, Jan. 5, 1901, p. 8B. (This Tesla interview article faces a contrasting interview article "Edison on the Electrical Outlook" on p. 8A.) (p)

"Twenty-Five Great Names in Electrical Science and Invention During the Nineteenth Century," Electrical World, Jan. 5, 1901, pp. 18, 19. (Includes Tesla's name.) (p)

"A Little Less Than Two Years Ago Here," Colorado Springs Gazette, Jan. 9, 1901, p. 5, col. 6. (n)

"Nikola Tesla and His Talk With Other Worlds," Colorado Springs Gazette, Jan. 9, 1901, p. 7, col. 6-8. (Instrument recorded three distinct movements, repeated many times. Concluded it must emanate from another planet. Tesla reviews his work at Colorado Springs in an interview. From Phila. Enquirer.) (n)

"Tesla Has Message From The Stars," Western Electrician, Jan. 12, 1901, p. 33. (p)

"Martian Telegraphy Discredited," N. Y. Tribune, Jan. 12, 1901, p. 2, col. 3. (Tesla's experiments, indicating possible communications with other planets considered absurd by Washington scientists.) (n)

"That Message From Mars," Scientific American, Jan. 19, 1901, p. 34. (Critical editorial.) (p)