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Nikola Tesla Books

Books written by or about Nikola Tesla

"The Patent Factory," Western Electrician, Dec. 8, 1906, p. 465. (p)

(Tesla, Nikola.)
Westinghouse electric and manufacturing company vs. Century electric company.
(Suit for infringement of letters patent no. 511,559 and 511,915, for electrical transmission of power, and 555,190 for alternating current motor, granted to N. Tesla; records and briefs.) (1907-1909) Diagrs.
At head of title: Circuit court of the United States, eastern district of Missouri, eastern division, in equity no. 5466. Cover title: Tesla split phase motor, Century case.
Engineering Societies Library, N. Y. C., card no. 621.313 A008w5c3.

Bottone, S. "Tesla Coil," English Mechanic & World of Science, Jan. 25, 1907, p. 600. (Oil used to obtain high insulating properties.) (p)

Tesla, Nikola. "Signalling To Mars A Problem in Electrical Engineering," Harvard Illustrated Magazine, Mar., 1907, pp. 119-121. (Refers to Percival Lowell and Professor Morse. See also Collier's, Feb. 9, 1901, and Century, June, 1900.) (p)

Tesla, Nikola. "Tuned Lightning," English Mechanic & World of Science, Mar. 8, 1907, pp. 107, 108. (Mysterious new energy claimed by Danish inventors. No proof yet offered. With discovery of stationary terrestrial waves by Tesla, will soon be able to communicate across the ocean.) (p)

"Wireless Caused Iena Disaster?", N. Y. Times; Mar. 19, 1907, p. 4, col. 4. (Reference to Tesla's statement that an electric wave of sufficient intensity could be projected to cause a spark in a ship's magazine.) (n)

Tesla, Nikola. "Tesla's Wireless Torpedo," N. Y. Times, Mar. 20, 1907, p. 8, col. 5. (Inventor says he did show that it worked perfectly. See also N. Y. Times of Mar. 19, 1907.) (n)

Harrington, M. W. "A Positive if Not Expert Opinion," N. Y. Times, Mar. 28, 1907, p. 8, col. 6. (Refers to N. Y. Times of Mar. 26. Takes issue with Tesla's ideas on wireless on railroads.) (n)

"A New Tesla Apparatus," Electrical Engineer - London, Apr. 2, 1907, p. 417. (Refers to Elect. Engr. - N. Y. Use of two condensers discharging alternately.) (p)

Tesla, Nikola. "Nikola Tesla Objects," N. Y. Times, May 2, 1907, p. 8, col. 6. (Thinks he should receive credit for his own inventions.) (n)

Tesla, Nikola. "Tesla's Tidal Wave to Make War Impossible," English Mechanic & World of Science, May 3, 1907, p. 296. (From N. Y. World. Waves to be produced by an explosive.) (p)

Brown, J. "Tesla's Tidal Wave," English Mechanic & World of Science, May 10, 1907, p. 332. (Reference to article by Tesla.) (p)