Nikola Tesla Books
Books written by or about Nikola Tesla
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Tesla: “High frequency oscillators for electro-therapeutic and other purpose”, a lecture delivered before the American Electro-Therapeutic Association, Buffalo, Sept. 13, 1898 L-156.
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Fleming, J.A. THE PRINCIPLE OF ELECTRIC WAVE TELEGRAPHY AND TELEPHONY, Third ed. 1916, Longmans Green & Co. London (from now on: Fleming), p. 877.
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TRIBUTE TO NIKOLA TESLA, Nikola Tesla Museum, Belgrade, 1961 (from now on: Tribute), Fleming A. P. M “Nikola Tesla”, Jour. of Instit. of Electr. Eng., London, vol. 91, February 1944, A-215.
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Wait, J.R. “Historical background and introduction to the special issue on extremely low frequency (ELF) propagation”, IEEE Trans. on Communications, Vol. COM-22, No. 4, April 1974.
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Fleming: p. 22.
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Hertz, H.R. UNTERSUCHUNGEN UBER DIE AUSBREITUNG DER ELEKTRISCHEN KRAFT, dritte auflage, Leipzig, 1914, Johann Ambrosius Barth.
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Цверава Г.К. НИКОЛА ТЕСЛА, изд. Наука, Ленинград, 1974.
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Tesla: “Means for generating electric currents”, U.S. Patent 514 168, Febr. 6, 1894, Appl. Aug. 2, 1893, P-225.
“Method of regulating apparatus for producing currents of high frequency”, U.S. Patent 568 178, Sep. 22, 1896. Appl. June 20, 1896, P-228.
“Apparatus for producing electric currents of high frequency and potential”, U.S. Patent 568 179, Sep. 22, 1896, Appl. April 22, 1896, P-233.
“Method and aparatus for producing currents of high frequency”, U.S. Patent 568 179, Sep. 22, 1896, Appl. July 6, 1896, P-237.
“Apparatus for producing electrical currents of high frequency", U.S. Patent, 568 180, Sep. 22, 1896, Appl. July 9, 1896, P-241.
“Apparatus for producing electric currents of high frequency", U.S. Patent, 577 670, Feb. 23, 1897, Appl. Sep. 3, 1896, P-245.
“Apparatus for producing currents of high frequency", U.S. Patent, 583 953, June 8, 1897, Appl. Oct. 19, 1896, P-249.
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Tesla: “Electrical transformer”, U.S. Patent, 593 138, Nov. 2, 1897, Appl. March 20, 1897, P-252
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Tesla: “Electric circuit controller”, U.S. Patents:
609 251, Aug. 16, 1898, Appl. June 3, 1897, P-256.
609 246, Aug. 16, 1898, Appl. Febr. 28, 1898, P-272.
609 247, Aug. 16. 1898, Appl. Mar. 12, 1898, P·276.
609 248, Aug. 16, 1898, Appl. Mar. 12, 1898, P-279.
609 249, Aug. 16, 1898, Appl. Mar. 12, 1898, P-282.
613 735, Nov. 8, 1898, Appl. Apr. 19, 1898, P·285.
“Electrical circuit controller”, U.S. Patents:
609 245, Aug. 16, 1898, Appl. Dec. 2, 1897, P-262.
611 719, Oct. 4, 1898, Appl. Dec. 10, 1897, P-267.
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Tesla: “Electrical oscillators”, El. experimenter, July, 1919, A-78.
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Oberbeck A. “Ueber den Verlauf der Elektrischen Schwingungen bei den Tesla'schen Versuchen", Wied. Ann. der Physik, 1895, vol. 55, s. 623.
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Fleming: p. 792.
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Fleming J.A. and Dyke G.B. “Some resonance curves taken with impact and spark-ball dischargers", Proc. Phys. Soc. London, vol. 13, Feb. 1911, p. 136.
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Попов А.С. "Прибор для обнаружения и регистрирования электрических колебаний”, Журн. русского физ.-хемич. о б-ва, 1896, t. 22, 4. физич., отд. 1, вып. 1.
English: Popov A.S. "A device for detecting and recording electrical oscillations", Journal of the Russian Physical and Chemical Society, 1896, vol. 22, 4. physics, sect.
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Fleming: p. 513.
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Galeys J. TERRESTRIAL PROPAGATION OF LONG ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES, New York, Pergamon Press, 1972.
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TESTIMONY U.S. District Court, New York, Oct. 3, 1916. Samuel, M. Kintner and Halsey M. Barrett vs. Atlantic Communication Comp.
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Hawks E. PIONEERS OF WIRELESS, London, Methuen Co. Ltd, 1927 p. 205.
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Tesla: “Incandescent electric light", U.S. Patent 514 170. Febr. 6, 1894, Appl. Jan. 2, 1892, P-216. Also see ref. (15).
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Tesla: “System of signaling", U.S. Patent 725 605, Apr. 14, 1903, Appl. July 16, 1900, P-337.
“Method of signaling", U.S. Patent 723 188, Mar. 17, 1903, Appl. June 14, 1901, P-352.
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Fleming: p. 287.
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Glossary
Lowercase tau - an irrational constant defined as the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its radius, equal to the radian measure of a full turn; approximately 6.283185307 (equal to 2π, or twice the value of π).
A natural rubber material obtained from Palaquium trees, native to South-east Asia. Gutta-percha made possible practical submarine telegraph cables because it was both waterproof and resistant to seawater as well as being thermoplastic. Gutta-percha's use as an electrical insulator was first suggested by Michael Faraday.
The Habirshaw Electric Cable Company, founded in 1886 by William M. Habirshaw in New York City, New York.
The Brown & Sharpe (B & S) Gauge, also known as the American Wire Gauge (AWG), is the American standard for making/ordering metal sheet and wire sizes.
A traditional general-purpose dry cell battery. Invented by the French engineer Georges Leclanché in 1866.
Refers to Manitou Springs, a small town just six miles west of Colorado Springs, and during Tesla's time there, producer of world-renown bottled water from its natural springs.
A French mineral water bottler.
Lowercase delta letter - used to denote: A change in the value of a variable in calculus. A functional derivative in functional calculus. An auxiliary function in calculus, used to rigorously define the limit or continuity of a given function.
America's oldest existing independent manufacturer of wire and cable, founded in 1878.
Lowercase lambda letter which, in physics and engineering, normally represents wavelength.
The lowercase omega letter, which represents angular velocity in physics.