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Nikola Tesla Books

Books written by or about Nikola Tesla

"Improved Tesla Alt. Current Motor,' Western Electrician, Feb. 7, 1891, p. 69.

"New Tesla Motor," Electrical World  - N. Y., Feb. 20, 1891, pp. 488, 489. (Diagram and description of a four-pole motor.)

"New Tesla Alternating Motor," Electrical Review - London, Feb. 20, 1891, pp. 237, 238. (Four-pole motor described, with drawing.) (p)

Tesla, Nikola. "Phenomena of Alternate Currents of High Frequency," Electrical World - N. Y., Feb. 21, 1891, pp. 128-130. (Discusses in detail a number of methods of obtaining high frequency currents and the various problems which are encountered. Important subject matter. Reprinted in Nikola Tesla, Lectures, Patents, Articles, Belgrade, 1956.) (p)

"Alternating Current Motors," Electrical Review - London, March 6, 1891, p. 291. (Infers that Tesla was an imitator.) (p)

Tesla, Nikola. "Phenomena of Alternating Currents of High Frequency," Electrician - London, Mar. 6, 1891, pp. 549-551. (Abstract of article in Electrical World - N. Y. of Feb. 21, 1891) (p)

"Alternate Current Transmission," Electrical Engineer - London, Mar. 6, 1891, p. 237. (Mr. Bisbert Kapp says Ferraris first pointed to the right way to get an alternate current motor that was self-starting.) (p)

Electrical World - N. Y. (Debate between Elihu Thomson and Nikola Tesla.) Mar. 14, 1891, pp. 204, 205 (Thomson); Mar. 21, 1891, pp. 223, 224 (Tesla); Apr. 4, 1891, pp. 254 (Thomson); Apr. 11, 1891, pp. 272, 273 (Tesla) (p)

Tesla, Nikola. "Experiments with Alternating Current of High Frequency," Electrical Engineer - N. Y., Mar. 18, 1891, pp. 336, 337. (Tesla letter replies to Elihu Thomson article in Elect. Engr. of Mar. 11 on incandescent lighting. See also Elect. World, Mar. 21, 1891, pp. 223, 224.) (p)

"Tesla's Alternating Current Generators for High Frequency," Electrical Engineer - N. Y., Mar. 18, 1891, pp. 338-340. (Tesla high frequency generators for arc lamps, with illustrations of generators.) (p)

"Tesla's verbesserter Wechselstrommotor, " Elektrotechnische Zeitschrift Berlin, Mar. 20, 1891, p. 155. (fp)

Tesla, Nikola. "Alternate Current Motors," Electrical Engineer - London, Apr. 3, 1891, p. 345. (Letter from Tesla takes issue with Mr. Kapp in Mar. 6 issue due to the fact that American patent of Tesla anticipates publication of results of Ferraris by 6 months.) (p)

"Electro-Motors," Electrical Review - London, Apr. 3, 1891, p. 446. (Refers to letter from Nikola Tesla, Mar. 17, 1891, giving due credit to Ferraris, and states his is not an imitator by virtue of his original work in developing twoand three-phase generators, the three-wire system, the closed-coil armature, and motors with direct current in the field.) (p)