Tesla Said

The collection of articles and papers presented in this volume are in Nikola Tesla's own words; it is the most comprehensive single volume of Tesla's writings presently available. A period of over a quarter of a century has elapsed in gathering this material from every known source, in addition to searching archival material from the decades around the turn of the century.

Mr. Tesla speaks for himself and the reader is enabled to make first hand judgments rather than relying on the opinions of others. The subject matter is arranged in chronological order and includes a wide range of interesting and important information not previously published in book form.

It is becoming recognized that Tesla's discoveries and inventions in the areas of alternating current power generation and transmission, high frequency and high voltage, along with basic radio communication, are the fundamentals of the present world-wide technological growth. Power transmission in small and large quantities without wires included plans for transmission of sufficient energy to make a light spot on the moon, and transmission of messages as far as distant planets. Tesla's adversaries seized on these concepts with ridicule and for the purpose of undermining his credibility. In fact, there is now a systematic quest for life and intelligence through the medium of radio astronomy which is a legitimate part of our present space program.

Mr. Tesla continually expressed the contention that his system of electrical transmission was not by electromagnetic means, although the equipment did display these effects. His comments on the ether therefore are significant and differ from those of his contemporaries. It is unfortunate that one of the major hurdles in presenting new and fundamental discoveries is that of communication.

Among the long list of accomplishments are new lighting systems, development and public demonstration of radio control before 1900, and new concepts in the cosmic rays. In the healing arts, Tesla was far ahead in the development of x-ray equipment, studies of physiological and other effects of high frequency on humans, and mechanical therapy.

His thoughts encompassed the widest possible range, extending from treatises on the moon's rotation to finding a reference to the use of a compass in the 13th century. While by nature opposed to war, he developed specific plans for military application aimed at providing defense mechanisms to make war impossible.

A new turbine design, incorporating low cost, simplicity, efficiency and light weight is today a commercial reality. At the time of development, successful demonstrations by the inventor were well received only in technical journals and news accounts.

The name of Nikola Tesla as a leader in the electrical field was well recognized in this country and abroad in the 1890's and for a few years after 1900. The reasons for his fall into obscurity are numerous, but a major point that seems to be commonly overlooked is that a struggling inventor, several times on the verge of financial success, was the victim of economic situations beyond his control. The business difficulties of George Westinghouse resulted in payment of a minute fraction of the true value of the Tesla alternating current motor and generator patents. The crash of 1901 was the most devastating to Tesla and also to his backer, J. P. Morgan, and prevented completion of the Wardenclyffe, Long Island, installation. It should be pointed out that Tesla was only complimentary of his financial backers.

It is intended that the information presented will help in clarifying many missing details and, for the first time, make available some of Tesla's basic thoughts and ideas in areas which are in need of further development for the benefit of mankind.

This book consists of the following articles:

1. The Tesla Alternate Current Motor - Duncan's Remarks and Tesla's Reply (reprint)
2. Mr. Nikola Tesla on Alternating Current Motors
3. The Losses Due to Hysteresis in Transformers
4. Swinburne's "Hedgehog" Transformer
5. Tesla's New Alternating Motors (Sept. 24, 1890 Letter from Tesla)
6. Experiments with Alternating Currents of High Frequency
7. Alternate-Current Motors
8. Electro-Motors
9. Phenomena of Currents of High Frequency
10. The "Drehstrom" Patent
11. The Ewing High-Frequency Alternator and Parsons Steam Turbine (reprint 2)
12. On the Dissipation of the Electrical Energy of the Hertz Resonator
13. The Physiological and Other Effects of High Frequency Currents
14. From Nikola Tesla - He Writes About His Experiments in Electrical Healing
15. Tesla's Latest Results - He Now Produces Radiographs at a Distance of More Than Forty Feet
16. On Apparatus for Cathography
17. Mr. Tesla on Thermo Electricity
18. The Age of Electricity
19. Tesla's Latest Advances in Vacuum-Tube Lighting
20. Electricity to Tame Wild Beasts - Tesla on Animal Training by Electricity
21. Tesla's New Submarine Destroyer
22. Tesla's Complaint to Electrical Engineer Editor w/ Response
23. An Analysis of Tesla's Work
24. Some Experiments in Tesla's Laboratory with Currents of High Potential and High Frequency
25. Tesla's New Discovery
26. Tesla's Wireless Light
27. Talking with the Planets
28. Startling Prediction of the World's Greatest Living Scientist in an Article Written for the Sunday North American
29. A Striking Tesla Manifesto
30. Subway Electric Traction - The Views of Mr. Tesla on the Subject Presented and Defended
31. Electric Autos - Nikola Tesla's View of the Future in Motive Power
32. The Transmission of Electrical Energy Without Wires As a Means for Furthering Peace
33. Tesla on Subway Dangers
34. Tesla's Reply to Edison
35. Tesla On The Peary North Pole Expedition
36. Signalling to Mars - A Problem of Electrical Engineering
37. Tuned Lightning
38. Tesla's Wireless Torpedo
39. Wireless on Railroads
40. Nikola Tesla Objects
41. Tesla's Tidal Wave to Make War Impossible (reprint)
42. Mr. Tesla on the Wireless Transmission of Power
43. Can Bridge the Gap to Mars
44. Sleep From Electricity
45. Possibilities of "Wireless"
46. Letters to the Editor - Tesla on Wireless
47. My Apparatus, Says Tesla
48. The Future of the Wireless Art
49. Nikola Tesla's Forecast for 1908
50. Mr. Tesla's Vision
51. Little Aeroplane Progress
52. Tesla on Aeroplanes
53. How To Signal To Mars
54. What Science May Achieve This Year
55. Mr. Tesla on the Future
56. The Disturbing Influence of Solar Radiation on the Wireless Transmission of Energy
57. Nikola Tesla's Plan to Keep "Wireless Thumb" on Ships at Sea
58. From Nikola Tesla (A Tribute to George Westinghouse)
59. Tesla and Marconi
60. Correction By Mr. Tesla
61. Nikola Tesla U.S. Patent 1,329,559 - Valvular Conduit Patent Wrapper - Page 1
62. Wonders of the Future
63. Nikola Tesla Tells of Country's War Problems
64. Minutes of the AIEE Meeting for the Presentation of the Edison Medal to Nikola Tesla
65. A Lighting Machine on Novel Principles
66. Famous Scientific Illusions
67. Tesla Answers Mr. Manierre and Further Explains the Axial Rotation of the Moon
68. The Moon's Rotation
69. The Moon's Rotation (Follow-up)
70. Nikola Tesla Tells How We May Fly Eight Miles High at 1,000 Miles an Hour
71. Can Radio Ignite Balloons?
72. Signals to Mars Based on Hope of Life on Planet
73. Interplanetary Communication
74. Nikola Tesla on Electric Transmission
75. Nikola Tesla Tells of New Radio Theories
76. Mr. Tesla Speaks Out
77. Tesla on Marconi's Feat
78. Our Future Motive Power
79. The Cosmic Rays
80. Tesla's Statement Relating to Force and Matter
81. Chewing Gum More Fatal Than Rum, Says Tesla
82. Pioneer Radio Engineer Gives View on Power
83. Mr. Tesla Writes
84. Breaking Up Tornadoes
85. Possibilities of Electro-Static Generators
86. Nikola Tesla Writes (Additional Comments on Electro-Static Generators)
87. Tesla Sees Evidence Radio And Light Are Sound
88. Radio Power Will Revolutionize the World
89. Tribute to King Alexander
90. German Cosmic Ray Theory Questioned
91. Nikola Tesla Tells How He'd Defend Ethiopia Against Italian Invasion
92. Prepared Statement by Nikola Tesla
93. Sending of Messages to Planets Predicted by Dr. Tesla on Birthday
94. Dr. Tesla's Honors
95. Tesla Speech for the Institute of Immigrant Welfare
96. Reference to Compass in 13th Century Poem
97. The Soviet Sacrifice for Spain
98. A Story of Youth Told by Age
99. Mechanical Therapy
100. The New Tesla Electric Heater
101. Tesla's New System of Fluid Propulsion