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Where can I find further documentation about the bladeless turbine and pump?

Tesla obtained a number of turbomachinery-related patents in the United States and abroad which serve as primary sources of information on these devices.  They are included in the Nikola Tesla Patent Collection — On CD-ROM
Nikola Tesla, Compiled by Bruce A. Perreault.  You may also wish to look into the Phoenix Turbine Builders Club and The Tesla Engine Builders Association websites.  The following books contain additional useful information:

Dr. Nikola Tesla — Complete Patents
Nikola Tesla; Compiled by John T. Ratzlaff

Dr. Nikola Tesla — Selected Patent Wrappers
Nikola Tesla; Compiled by John T. Ratzlaff

The Tesla Bladeless Turbine and Related Turbomachinery
Nikola Tesla, et al; Compiled by Gary Peterson

Tesla's Engine — A New Dimension For Power
Nikola Tesla, et al; Compiled by Jeffery A. Hayes

Les Turbines a Frottements ou Turbines Tesla
(Frictional Turbines or Tesla Turbines)
Prof. E. Merigeault, free translation by Leland I. Anderson

Tesla Pump Comments
George Wiseman

Performance of Multiple-Disk-Rotor Pumps With Varied Interdisk Spacings
J.H. Morris

Laminar Flow Between Two Parallel Rotating Disks
M.C. Breiter & K. Pohlhausen

Tesla Turbine References Expanded Edition
Compiled by L.I. Anderson & W. Rice

There are a number of other Tesla Turbine related websites you may also wish to look into.  Some of these are listed in the Nikola Tesla on the World Wide Web section under Tesla Turbomachinery and Mechanical Oscillators

See also the entry Tesla turbine in the Wikipedia online encyclopedia.

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