Various Tesla book cover images

Nikola Tesla Books

Books written by or about Nikola Tesla

Taylor, Frank H. "George Westinghouse," Electric Journal - London, Feb., 1904, pp. 1-4. (Toast by Frank Taylor, Vice President of Westinghouse Manufacturing Co. to Geo. Westinghouse. Mentions Tesla as one of the great intellects that worked for him.) (p)

Editor note: The above article's publication is actually Electric Club Journal.

"A Striking Tesla Manifesto," Electrical World - N. Y., Feb. 6, 1904, p. 256. (First page of manifesto shown, indicating Mr. Tesla proposes to enter the field of consulting engineership.) (p)

"Tesla Patent Decision," Electrical World - N. Y., Feb. 20, 1904, p. 355. (Court denied motion for preliminary injunction against National Electric Co.) (p)

"Tesla Patents in Litigation," Western Electrician, Feb. 13, 1904, p. 127. (p)

"Tesla Patents in Litigation," Western Electrician, Feb. 27, 1904, p. 172. (p)

Tesla, Nikola. "The Transmission of Electrical Energy Without Wires," Electrical World - N. Y., Mar. 5, 1904, pp. 429-431. (Tesla reveals that this planet, with its immensity, is to electric currents virtually no more than a small metal ball. Reprinted in Nikola Tesla, Lectures, Patents, Articles, Beograd, 1956.) (p)

"Tesla Has a Plan To Do Away With Newspapers," N. Y. American, Mar. 9, 1904. (n)

"Tesla Split-Phase Motor Patent Decision," Electrical World, Mar. 19, 1904, p. 548. (Judge Hazel's opinion sustaining two fundamental patents on the basis that Tesla preceeded Prof. Ferraris.) (p)

Woods, Elliott, and Northrup, E. F. "Suggestions for Producing High Frequency Currents and Some of Their Phenomena," Electrical Review - N. Y., Mar. 19, 1904, pp. 443-445; Mar. 26, 1904, pp. 469-471. (Description of construction and operation with diagrams and photos. Equipment capable of performing experiments as demonstrated by Tesla.) (p)

"Tesla Split Phase Patents in Litigation," Western Electrician, Mar. 26, 1904, p. 253. (p)

"Cloudborn Electric Wavelets to Encircle the Globe," N. Y. Times, Mar. 27, 1904, p. 12, col. 2-4. (Description of Wardenclyffe tower. Tesla proposes to transmit telegraphic messages, power for commercial purposes, and even the sound of human voice.) (n)

"Harnessing the Lightning - Tesla's Greatest Marvel," The Cleveland Leader, Mar. 27, 1904, Mag. Sect., pp. 1, 4. (n)

Bottone, S. "Tesla Oil Transformer," English Mechanic & World of Science, Apr. 1, 1904, p. 178. (Discusses construction of Tesla coil arrangement.) (p)