NIKOLA TESLA BIBLIOGRAPHY

Books:

1. INVENTIONS, RESEARCHES AND WRITINGS OF NIKOLA TESLA, Thomas Commerford Martin,1894 

2. NIKOLA TESLA  COLORADO SPRINGS NOTES, 1899-1900, Nikola Tesla Museum, Beograd, 1978.

3. NIKOLA TESLA ON HIS WORK WITH ALTERNATING CURRENTS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY, TELEPHONY AND TRANSMISSION OF POWER, Leland I. Anderson, Editor, 21st Century Books, 1992. [Pertinent excerpts]

4. Nikola Tesla  Lecture Before The New York Academy of Sciences, April 6, 1897, Leland I. Anderson, 21st Century Books, 1994

5. Nikola Tesla  Guided Weapons & Computer Technology, Leland I. Anderson, 21st Century Books, 1998

6. Nikola Tesla—s Teleforce and Telegeodynamics Proposals, Leland I. Anderson & Gary Peterson, 21st Century Books, 1998
    

7. Tesla - Man Out Of Time, by Margaret Cheney, Dorset Press (1981), ISBN 0-88029-419-1

8. Tesla - Master of Lightning, Margaret Cheney and Robert Uth, Barnes and Noble (1999), ISBN 0-7607-1005-8

Lectures:

1. A NEW SYSTEM OF ALTERNATING CURRENT MOTORS AND TRANSFORMERS, AIEE Address, May 16, 1888 [IRW]

2. EXPERIMENTS WITH ALTERNATE CURRENTS OF VERY HIGH FREQUENCY AND THEIR APPLICATION TO METHODS OF ARTIFICIAL ILLUMINATION, AIEE, Columbia College, N.Y., May 20, 1891 [IRW]

3. EXPERIMENTS WITH ALTERNATE CURRENTS OF HIGH POTENTIAL AND HIGH FREQUENCY, IEE, London, Royal Institution, London, Soci—t— Internationale des Electriciens and the Soci—t— Francaise de Physique, Paris, February 1892 [IRW]

4. ON LIGHT AND OTHER HIGH FREQUENCY PHENOMENA, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, February 1893, and National Electric Light Association, St. Louis, March 1893 [IRW]

5. MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL OSCILLATORS, International Electrical Congress, August 1893, New York Electrical Society, November 1893 [IRW]

6. ON THE STREAMS OF LENARD AND ROENTGEN WITH NOVEL APPARATUS FOR THEIR USE, The New York Academy of Sciences, April 1897 [NTL]

7. NOTES ON AN ELECTRICAL OSCILLATOR, British Association for the Advancement of Science, Toronto, August 1897

8. HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS FOR ELECTRO-THERAPEUTIC AND OTHER PURPOSES, American Electro-Therapeutic Society, Buffalo, September 1898 [HFO]

9. TELAUTOMATICS, Commercial Club, Chicago, May 1899

Patents:

• "System of Electric Lighting," Patent No. 454,622, June 23, 1891 

• "Means for Generating Electric Currents" U.S. Patent No. 514,168, February 6, 1894 

• METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MECHANISM OF MOVING VESSEL OR VEHICLES, U.S. Patent No. 613,809, November 8, 1898 

• SYSTEM OF TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY, U.S. Patent No. 645,576, Mar. 20, 1900 [Pertinent excerpts] 

• "Apparatus for Transmission of Electrical Energy," U.S. Patent No. 649,621, May 15, 1900 

• "System of Transmission of Electrical Energy," Sept. 2, 1897, U.S. Patent No. 645,576, March 20, 1900 

• —On utilizing effects transmitted through natural media,— U.S. Patent No. 685,953, Nov. 5, 1901 

• —On utilizing effects transmitted through natural media,— U.S. Patent No. 685,954, Nov. 5, 1901 

• —On utilizing effects transmitted through natural media,— U.S. Patent No. 685,955, Nov. 5, 1901 

• —On utilizing effects transmitted through natural media,— U.S. Patent No. 685,956, Nov. 5, 1901 

• "Method of Signaling," U.S. Patent No. 723,188, Mar. 17, 1903 

• "System of Signaling," U.S. Patent No. 725,605, Apr. 14, 1903 

• ART OF TRANSMITTING ELECTRICAL ENERGY THROUGH THE NATURAL MEDIUMS, U.S. Patent No. 787,412, Apr. 18, 1905

• APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING ELECTRICAL ENERGY, Jan. 18, 1902, U.S. Patent 1,119,732, Dec. 1, 1914 

• British, Belgian and Other Patents 

Articles:

1. —Tesla—s Alternating Current Generators for High Frequency,— Electrical Engineer — N. Y., Mar. 18, 1891, pp. 338-340. (Cited in 1893 St. Louis Lecture.)

2. "Tesla's Wonderful Experiments," Scientific American, Feb. 7, 1892, p. 132

3. "Tesla at the Royal Institution," Scientific American, March 11, 1892, p. 168

4. "Review of Tesla at the Royal Institution," Scientific American Supplement, March 26, 1892, p. 13533

5. "Mr. Tesla's Experiments on Alternating Currents of Great Frequency," Scientific American, March 26, 1892, p. 196-196, 199, 200

6. "Nikola Tesla and His Business," Scientific American Supplement, May 21, 1892, p. 13659-60

7. "Action of the Eye," Scientific American, Oct. 4, 1893, p. 245

8. "___ _________ _________ _________," Scientific American, March 3, 1894, p. 13

9. On Electricity, Electrical Review, January 27, 1897

10. Plans to Dispense With Artillery of the Present Type, The Sun, New York, November 21, 1898

11. The Problem of Increasing Human Energy, Century Illustrated Magazine, June 1900

12. "Tesla Describes His Efforts in Various Fields of Work," Electrical Review - N. Y., Nov, 30, 1898

13. Tesla's New Discovery, The Sun, New York, January 30, 1901

14. Talking With the Planets, Collier's Weekly, February 19, 1901

15. The Transmission of Electrical Energy Without Wires, Electrical World, March 5, 1904

16. The Transmission of Electrical Energy Without Wires as a Means for Furthering Peace, Electrical World and Engineer, January 7, 1905

17. Tesla's Wireless Torpedo, New York Times, March 19, 1907

18. The Future of the Wireless Art, Wireless Telegraphy & Telephony, Van Nostrand, 1908

19. Mr. Tesla's Vision, New York Times, April 21, 1908

20. Nikola Tesla's New Wireless, The Electrical Engineer - London, December 24, 1909

21. The Disturbing Influence of Solar Radiation On the Wireless Transmission of Energy, Electrical Review and Western Electrician, July 6, 1912

22. How Cosmic Forces Shape Our Destinies, New York American, February 7, 1915

23. Some Personal Recollections, Scientific American, June 5, 1915

24. The Wonder World To Be Created By Electricity, Manufacturer's Record, September 9, 1915

25. Nikola Tesla Sees a Wireless Vision, New York Times, Sunday, October 3, 1915

26. Tesla's New Device Like Bolts of Thor, New York Times, December 8, 1915

27. My Inventions, Electrical Experimenter, February-June and October 1919 [external link]

28. The True Wireless, Electrical Experimenter, May 1919

29. Kerby, Frederic M., "Nikola Tesla Tells How We May Fly Eight Miles High at 1,000 MPH," Reconstruction New York, July, 1919, pp. 196-198. (Proposes flying at great altitudes to minimize friction.) (p)

30. "Inventor Claims Wireless Power." ... New York Herald, March 9, 1924

31. "Tesla on Rays." New York Herald, July 24, 1924.

32. Swezey, K. M. —Nikola Tesla—s Theory of Power Transmission,— New York Telegram and Evening Mail (Radio Magazine), Nov. 15, 1924, p. 2. (n) 

33. "The Development of the Modern Vario-Coupler from 1890 to 1925. Nikola Tesla Electric Resonator or Tesla Coil is Grandfather of Radio Transformers," New York Herald Tribune, Radio Magazine, March 1, 1925, pp. 2, 4.

34. Swezey, K. M. "A Logical Discussion on the Transmission of Power by Radio," N. Y. Herald Tribune, Sept. 6, 1925, Radio Section, p. 8 (n)

35. When Woman is Boss, Colliers, January 30, 1926

36. "Envisions Planes Run by Wireless—Tesla Tells of Genuine Death Rays in Future,— New York Sun, July 12, 1927, col. 1.

37. "Tesla Predicts Fuelless Plane Without Engine,— New York Herald Tribune, July 12, 1927, 1 col.,

38. Swezey, K. M. "Power by Radio Predicted for Near Future,— New York Herald Tribune, July 24, 1927, pp. 1, 5.

39. World System of Wireless Transmission of Energy, Telegraph and Telegraph Age, October 16, 1927

40. —Test Transmission of Power by Radio," N. Y. Sun, Aug 4, 1928, Radio Section. 

41. Nikola Tesla Tells of New Radio Theories, New York Herald Tribune, September 22, 1929

42. Our Future Motive Power, Everyday Science and Mechanics, 1931

43. Pioneer Radio Engineer Gives Views On Power, New York Herald Tribune, September 11, 1932

44. "Stimulus and Response," American Business Survey, Oct. 1932, p. 4. (Tesla's experiments with tuning forks.) (p)

45. "Tesla's Wireless Power Dream Nears Reality," New York Daily News, April 2, 1934, p. 12 (Test run of motor car for 30 to 40 miles planned, using wireless transmission of energy to power car.) (n)

46. "Radio Power Will Revolutionize the World," Modern Mechanics and Inventions, July 1934

47. —Dr. Tesla Visions the End of Aircraft in War,— Helen Welshimer, Oct. 21, 1934, The Pittsburgh Press, Syracuse Herald, Every Week Magazine.

48. "Tesla Predicts Ships Powered by Shore Beams," New York Herald Tribune, June 5, 1935.

49. —New Apparatus Transmits Energy — Tesla Announces Method of Remote Control,— New York Sun, July 10, 1935 (Method of transmitting mechanical energy accurately over any terrestrial distance, a new means of communication, and a method of locating mineral deposits.)

50. "Tesla Invents Wireless Electricity - Scientist, Unfinanced Here, To Build Plant In Europe," New York American, July 10, 1936 (n).

51. "Tesla, 80, Reveals New Power Device" New York Times, July 10, 1936, p. 1, col. 2. (Says his wireless system of power transmission will supply the earth with energy for industry.) (n)

52. "Tesla Prepares to Send Power Without Wires" Inventor, 80, Announces Solution of Problem He Worked on for 35 Years. Earth Will Carry Current. 100-Million-Volt Plant to be Build in Foreign Land," New York Herald Tribune, July 27, 1936. (n)

53. A Machine to End War, Liberty, February 1937

54. Tesla Tries to Prevent World War II Prodigal Genius, 1944 — Unpublished Chapter 34

Correspondence:

• N. Tesla to J.P. Morgan, Nov. 5, 1903

Other Scientific Papers:

• B.F. Miessner, "The Wirelessly Directed Torpedo," Scientific American, July 20, 1912 (107: 53, 1912) (See pp. 28-36, ON THE EARLY HISTORY OF RADIO GUIDANCE.)

• Fritz Lowenstein, IEE, 1915 [gliding surface wave]