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Nikola Tesla Books

Books written by or about Nikola Tesla

Dyer, Frank Lewis, and Martin, Thomas Commerford. Edison - His Life & Inventions. (2 vols.) N. Y. & London: Harper & Bros., 1910. (Mention of Tesla working for French Edison Company in Paris, p. 283, vol. 1.) (b)

Haller, George, and Cunningham, Elmer Tiling. The Tesla High Frequency Coil. New York: Van Nostrand Co., 1910, 119 pp. (The construction and uses of Tesla coils for the advanced amateur.) (b)

Monell, S. H. High Frequency Electrical Currents in Medicine and Dentistry. New York: William R. Jenkins Co., 1910. (b)

Pierce, G. W. Principles of Wireless Telegraphy. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1910. (High frequency transformer development and types of coupled circuits involving work of Tesla, pp. 93, 95.) (b)

"Tesla's Plan for 'Wireless' Electric Lighting," Electrical Review & Western Elect., Jan. 8, 1910, p. 91. ("It would be possible by my powerful wireless transmitter to light the entire United States.") (p)

"Die an eimen Tesla-Pol auftretenden Potentiale und das Verhaltnis von Funkenschlagweite und Spannung an demselben," Elektrotechnische Zeitschrift - Berlin, Jan. 13, 1910, p. 41. (fp)

"Light of the World"; "Tesla Methods"; "Isolated House Lighting," Electrical Engineer - London, Jan. 14, 1910, p. 25. (Notes on Tesla methods of lighting.) (p)

Bottone, A. "Tesla Coil," English Mechanic & World of Science, Jan. 14, 1910, p. 569. (Notes on Tesla coil construction.) (p)

Tesla, Nikola. "What Science May Achieve This Year," Rocky Mountain News and The Denver Times, Jan. 16, 1910, II, p. 4, col. 4, 5. (Discusses methods of propulsion, heating, and wastes in iron production.) (n)

Shaw, W. J. "Tesla Transformer," English Mechanic & World of Science, Oct. 21, 1910, p. 277. (Brief note on lack of information on Tesla transformers.) (p)

"We'll Harness Nature to the Electric Flash," My World, Dec. 4, 1910. (See also Seattle Post, Dec. 11, 1910.) (p)

Couch, W. S. "We'll Harness Nature to the Electric Flash," Seattle Post, Dec. 11, 1910. (See also My World, Dec. 4, 1910.) (n)

"Marconi Law Case - Demonstrates with Wireless in Court - Tesla as Pioneer," London Daily Graphic, Dec. 15, 1910. (n)

"Marconi Law Cases - Demonstrates With Wireless in Court - Tesla as Pioneer," London Daily Mail, Dec. 15, 1910. (Witnesses agreed that Tesla was the first man to draw attention to the utilization of air waves, and the length of wave now used was that of Tesla.) (n)