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Nikola Tesla Books

Books written by or about Nikola Tesla

Fessenden, R. A. "Wireless Telephony," AIEE Transactions, June, 1908. (See pp. 553-629. Refers, p. 564, to Tesla's experimental researches with an air-core transformer and accessory apparatus to obtain sustained oscillations of high frequency.) (p)

Tesla, Nikola. "Little Aeroplane Progress - So Says Nikola Tesla - But He is Working on One of His Own," N. Y. Times, June 8, 1908, p. 6, col. 5. (Letter to Editor - Discussion of aircraft developments of others and his own.) (n)

Tesla, Nikola. "Tesla on Aeroplanes," N. Y. Times, Sept. 15, 1908. (Letter to Editor Says successful heavier than air flier will be different.) (n)

Tesla, Nikola. "Electrical Control of the Weather Will Soon Be an Accomplished Fact," St. Louis Republic, Nov. 15, 1908, V, p. 3. (Tesla concurs in concept of electrical control of weather in commenting on article "Hopes To Harness The Heavens" on same page and which describes experiments by John A. Grahme.)

Crook, H. Evelyn. High Frequency Currents. Wm. Wood & Co., 1909. (In 1891 Tesla demonstrated high frequency currents did not have any effect on either motor or sensory nerves, which is same conclusion as that of D'Arsonval, p. 51.) (b)

Erskine-Murray, James. A Handbook of Wireless Telegraphy. London, Crosby, Lockwood & Son, 1909; New York: D. van Nostrand Co. (Notes on Tesla hydrogen arc, high frequency transformer, detector, Colorado Springs experiments, world-wave system, proposed syntonic system, and sensitive ray, pp. 23, 25, 35, 58, 274, 275, 277, 284.) (b)

Norrie, H. S. (Norman H. Scheider) Induction Coils and How to Make Them. New York; Spon & Chamberlain; London: E. & F. Spon, Ltd., 1909. (Chapter on Tesla & Hertz effects. Describes one form of Tesla coil, used in lighting, and possible therapeutic effects.) (b)

Steinmetz, Charles Proteus. Theory and Calculation of Transient Electric Phenomena & Oscillations. New York: McGraw Hill, 1909. (Circuit calculations on Tesla transformer, pp. 92-97.) (b)

Twining, H. LaV. Wireless Telegraphy and High Frequency Electricity. Los Angeles: Pub. by author, 1909. (Tesla, pp. 88-104.) (b)

Bottone, A. "Tesla Coil," English Mechanic & World of Science, Mar. 26, 1909, p. 189. (Note on wire size for Tesla coil.) (p)

Bottone, A. "Tesla Apparatus," English Mechanic & World of Science, Apr. 16, 1909, p. 261. (Construction notes on Tesla coils.) (p)

"Signalling to Mars," Scientific American, May 8, 1909, p. 346. (Editorial - Historical flashes from Mars probably caused by sunlight falling on snow-covered surfaces. Refers to Tesla and astronomers.) (p)

"Tesla's $1,000,000 Company," Brooklyn Eagle, May 19, 1909. (Notice of organization of the Tesla Propulsion Company.) (n)