Tesla's Legacy - Collected Works of the Visionary Inventor Who Changed the Future

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Никола Тесла. Tesla's Legacy - Collected Works of the Visionary Inventor Who Changed the Future

Tesla’s Legacy - Collected Works of the Visionary Inventor Who Changed the Future

Table of Contents

My Inventions – Autobiography of Nikola Tesla

I. My Early Life

II. My First Efforts At Invention

III. My Later Endeavors

IV. The Discovery of the Tesla Coil and Transformer

V. The Magnifying Transmitter

VI. The Art of Telautomatics

Lectures

A New System of Alternate Current Motors and Transformers

Experiments with Alternate Currents of Very High Frequency and Their Application to Methods of Artificial Illumination (Lecture)

Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency

On Light and Other High Frequency Phenomena

Introductory - Some Thoughts on the Eye

On the Apparatus and Method of Conversion

On Phenomena Produced by Electrostatic Force

On Current or Dynamic Electricity Phenomena

Impedance Phenomena

On Electrical Resonance

On the Light Phenomena Produced by High-Frequency Currents of High Potential and General Remarks Relating to the Subject

On Electricity

My Submarine Destroyer

High Frequency Oscillators for Electro-Therapeutic and Other Purposes

Scientific Articles

Swinburne's "Hedgehog" Transformer

Phenomena of Alternating Currents of Very High Frequency

Experiments with Alternate Currents of Very High Frequency and Their Application to Methods of Artificial Illumination (Article)

Alternate Current Electrostatic Induction Apparatus

An Electrolytic Clock

Electric Discharge in Vacuum Tubes

Notes on a Unipolar Dynamo

The "Drehstrom" Patent

The Ewing High-Frequency Alternator and Parson's Steam Engine

On the Dissipation of the Electrical Energy of the Hertz Resonator

The Physiological and Other Effects of High Frequency Currents

Nikola Tesla - About His Experiments in Electrical Healing

The Age of Electricity

The Problem of Increasing Human Energy

THE ONWARD MOVEMENT OF MAN—THE ENERGY OF THE MOVEMENT—THE THREE WAYS OF INCREASING HUMAN ENERGY

THE FIRST PROBLEM: HOW TO INCREASE THE HUMAN MASS—THE BURNING OF ATMOSPHERIC NITROGEN

THE SECOND PROBLEM: HOW TO REDUCE THE FORCE RETARDING THE HUMAN MASS—THE ART OF TELAUTOMATICS

THE THIRD PROBLEM: HOW TO INCREASE THE FORCE ACCELERATING THE HUMAN MASS—THE HARNESSING OF THE SUN'S ENERGY

THE SOURCE OF HUMAN ENERGY—THE THREE WAYS OF DRAWING ENERGY FROM THE SUN

GREAT POSSIBILITIES OFFERED BY IRON FOR INCREASING HUMAN PERFORMANCE—ENORMOUS WASTE IN IRON MANUFACTURE

ECONOMICAL PRODUCTION OF IRON BY A NEW PROCESS

THE COMING OF AGE OF ALUMINIUM—DOOM OF THE COPPER INDUSTRY—THE GREAT CIVILIZING POTENCY OF THE NEW METAL

EFFORTS TOWARD OBTAINING MORE ENERGY FROM COAL—THE ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION—THE GAS-ENGINE—THE COLD-COAL BATTERY

ENERGY FROM THE MEDIUM—THE WINDMILL AND THE SOLAR ENGINE,—MOTIVE POWER FROM TERRESTRIAL HEAT—ELECTRICITY FROM NATURAL SOURCES

A DEPARTURE FROM KNOWN METHODS—POSSIBILITY OF A "SELF-ACTING" ENGINE OR MACHINE, INANIMATE, YET CAPABLE, LIKE A LIVING BEING, OF DERIVING ENERGY FROM THE MEDIUM—THE IDEAL WAY OF OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER

FIRST EFFORTS TO PRODUCE THE SELF-ACTING ENGINE—THE MECHANICAL OSCILLATOR—WORK OF DEWAR AND LINDE—LIQUID AIR

DISCOVERY OF UNEXPECTED PROPERTIES OF THE ATMOSPHERE—STRANGE EXPERIMENTS—TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY THROUGH ONE WIRE WITHOUT RETURN—TRANSMISSION THROUGH THE EARTH WITHOUT ANY WIRE

"WIRELESS" TELEGRAPHY—THE SECRET OF TUNING—ERRORS IN THE HERTZIAN INVESTIGATIONS—A RECEIVER OF WONDERFUL SENSITIVENESS

DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW PRINCIPLE—THE ELECTRICAL OSCILLATOR—PRODUCTION OF IMMENSE ELECTRICAL MOVEMENTS—THE EARTH RESPONDS TO MAN—INTERPLANETARY COMMUNICATION NOW PROBABLE

TRANSMISSION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO ANY DISTANCE WITHOUT WIRES—NOW PRACTICABLE—THE BEST MEANS OF INCREASING THE FORCE ACCELERATING THE HUMAN MASS

Talking with Planets

SIGNALING AT 100,000,000 MILES!

EXPERIMENTS IN COLORADO

TERRIFIED BY SUCCESS

COMMUNICATING WITH THE MARTIANS

Can Bridge the Gap to Mars

Little Aeroplane Progress

How to Signal to Mars

Believes Mars Signaled Him

A Giant Reflector Needed

Sight Unlimited in a Vacuum

Atmosphere the Chief Obstacle

Mirror Signal Impossible Now

Wireless Offers the Best Plan

The Transmission of Electric Energy Without Wires

The Wonder World to Be Created by Electricity

Nikola Tesla Sees a Wireless Vision

Correction by Mr. Tesla

The True Wireless

On Roentgen Rays (1)

On Roentgen Rays (2) - Latest Results

Tesla's Latest Results - He Now Produces Radiographs at a Distance of More Than Forty Feet

On Reflected Roentgen Rays

On Roentgen Radiations

Roentgen Ray Investigations

An Interesting Feature of X-Ray Radiations

Roentgen Rays or Streams

I — PHENOMENA OF EXHAUSTION

II — RELATION BETWEEN OPACITY AND DENSITY

III — DEFINITION OF SHADOWS ON SCREEN OR PLATE

IV — THE RAYS ARE ALL OF ONE KIND

V — ACTION ON THE FILMS

VI — THE BEHAVIOR OF VARIOUS BODIES IN REFLECTING THE RAYS,

VII — THE ENTIRE ABSENCE OF REFRACTION

VIII — THE DISCHARGE OF CONDUCTORS

IX — THE SOURCE OF THE RAYS

X — SHADOWS IN SPACE OUTSIDE OF THE BULB

XI — ALL BODIES ARE TRANSPARENT TO VERY STRONG RAYS

On the Roentgen Streams

On Hurtful Actions of Lenard and Roentgen Tubes

On the Source of Roentgen Rays and the Practical Construction and Safe Operation of Lenard Tubes

High Frequency Oscillators for Electro-Therapeutic and Other Purposes (September 1898)

Tesla Describes His Efforts in Various Fields of Work

Tesla's New Discovery - Capacity of Electrical Conductors is Variable

Colorado Springs

Tesla’s Wireless Light

Tuned Lightning

Tesla's Wireless Torpedo

Tesla's Tidal Wave to Make War Impossible

USING THE PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN ACTION

WONDERS OF THE NEW TELAUTOMATON

WHAT THE TESLA TIDAL WAVE WILL DO

HOW THE ENEMY WOULD BE ENGULFED

Possibilities of Wireless

My Apparatus, Says Tesla

Mr. Tesla's Vision

What Science May Achieve This Year - New Mechancial Principle for Conservation of Energy

New Mechanical Principle for Conservation of Energy

The Disturbing Influence of Solar Radiation On the Wireless Transmission of Energy

How Cosmic Forces Shape Our Destinies

MAN AS A MACHINE

NATURAL FORCES INFLUENCE US

HOW WARS ARE STARTED

WAR AND THE EARTHQUAKE

Some Personal Recollections

Wonders of the Future

Electric Drive for Battle Ships

CONTROVERSIAL CORRESPONDENCE

THE HELICAL PROPELLER

ADVANTAGES OF TYPES

SOME FATAL MISTAKES

IRREVERSIBLE TURBINES

A MECHANICAL TOUR DE FORCE

SUPERIORITY OF ELECTRIC DRIVE

SAVING OF POWER

QUESTION OF WEIGHT

NEW CRUISERS' REQUIREMENTS

DISARMAMENT IMPOSSIBLE

TO USE WAR SHIPS IN PEACE

A Lighting Machine on Novel Principles

III. The Singular Misconception of the Wireless

Electrical Oscillators

Letters to Magazine Editors

Mr. Nikola Tesla on Alternate Current Motors

The Losses Due to Hysteresis in Transformers

The Tesla Alternate Current Motor

Tesla's New Alternating Motors

Alternate Current Motors

Electro-motors

Phenomena of Currents of High Frequency

Mr. Tesla on Thermo Electricity

Nicola Tesla Objects

The Inventions, Researches and Writings of Nikola Tesla

PREFACE

PART I. POLYPHASE CURRENTS

CHAPTER I. Biographical and Introductory

CHAPTER II. A New System of Alternating Current Motors and Transformers

CHAPTER III. The Tesla Rotating Magnetic Field.—Motors With Closed Conductors.—Synchronizing Motors.—Rotating Field Transformers

CHAPTER IV. Modifications and Expansions of the Tesla Polyphase Systems

CHAPTER V. Utilizing Familiar Types of Generator of the Continuous Current Type

CHAPTER VI. Method of Obtaining Desired Speed of Motor or Generator

CHAPTER VII. Regulator for Rotary Current Motors

CHAPTER VIII. Single Circuit, Self-Starting Synchronizing Motors

CHAPTER IX. Change From Double Current to Single Current Motor

CHAPTER X. Motor With "Current Lag" Artificially Secured

CHAPTER XI. Another Method of Transformation from a Torque to a Synchronizing Motor

CHAPTER XII "Magnetic Lag" Motor

CHAPTER XIII. Method of Obtaining Difference of Phase by Magnetic Shielding

CHAPTER XIV. Type of Tesla Single-Phase Motor

CHAPTER XV. Motors with Circuits of Different Resistance

CHAPTER XVI. Motor With Equal Magnetic Energies in Field and Armature

CHAPTER XVII. Motors With Coinciding Maxima of Magnetic Effect in Armature and Field

CHAPTER XVIII. Motor Based on the Difference of Phase in the Magnetization of the Inner and Outer Parts of an Iron Core

CHAPTER XIX. Another Type of Tesla Induction Motor

CHAPTER XX. Combinations of Synchronizing Motor and Torque Motor

CHAPTER XXI. Motor with a Condenser in the Armature Circuit

CHAPTER XXII. Motor with Condenser in one of the Field Circuits

CHAPTER XXIII. Tesla Polyphase Transformer

CHAPTER XXIV. A Constant Current Transformer with Magnetic Shield Between Coils of Primary and Secondary

PART II. THE TESLA EFFECTS WITH HIGH FREQUENCY. AND HIGH POTENTIAL CURRENTS

CHAPTER XXV. Introduction.—The Scope of the Tesla Lectures

CHAPTER XXVI. Experiments With Alternate Currents of Very High Frequency and Their Application to Methods of Artificial Illumination.1

CHAPTER XXVII. Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency.2

CHAPTER XXVIII. On Light and Other High Frequency Phenomena.3

INTRODUCTORY.—SOME THOUGHTS ON THE EYE

ON THE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONVERSION

ON PHENOMENA PRODUCED BY ELECTROSTATIC FORCE

ON CURRENT OR DYNAMIC ELECTRICITY PHENOMENA

IMPEDANCE PHENOMENA

ON ELECTRICAL RESONANCE

ON THE LIGHT PHENOMENA PRODUCED BY HIGH-FREQUENCY CURRENTS OF HIGH POTENTIAL AND GENERAL REMARKS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT

CHAPTER XXIX. Tesla Alternating Current Generators for High Frequency, in Detail

CHAPTER XXX. Alternate Current Electrostatic Induction Apparatus.6

CHAPTER XXXI "Massage" With Currents of High Frequency.7

CHAPTER XXXII. Electric Discharge in Vacuum Tubes.8

SOME EXPERIMENTS ON THE ELECTRIC DISCHARGE IN VACUUM TUBES.9. BY PROF. J. J. THOMSON, M.A., F.R.S

PART III. MISCELLANEOUS INVENTIONS AND. WRITINGS

CHAPTER XXXIII. Method of Obtaining Driect From Alternating Currents

CHAPTER XXXIV. Condensers with Plates in Oil

CHAPTER XXXV. Electrolytic Registering Meter

CHAPTER XXXVI. Thermo-Magnetic Motors and Pyro-Magnetic Generators

CHAPTER XXXVII. Anti-Sparking Dynamo Brush and Commutator

CHAPTER XXXVIII. Auxiliary Brush Regulation of Direct Current Dynamos

CHAPTER XXXIX. Improvement in the Construction of Dynamos and Motors

CHAPTER XL. Tesla Direct Current Arc Lighting System

CHAPTER XLI. Improvement in "Unipolar" Generators

NOTES ON A UNIPOLAR DYNAMO.15

PART IV. APPENDIX.—EARLY PHASE MOTORS AND THE. TESLA MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL. OSCILLATOR

CHAPTER XLII. Mr. Tesla's Personal Exhibit at the World's Fair

CHAPTER XLIII. The Tesla Mechanical and Electrical Oscillators

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Nikola Tesla

70+ Scientific Studies, Lectures & Articles (With Letters & Autobiography)

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Just to give an idea of German thoroness and "efficiency," I may mention here a rather funny experience. An incandescent lamp of 16 c.p. was to be placed in a hallway and upon selecting the proper location I ordered the monteur to run the wires. After working for a while he concluded that the engineer had to be consulted and this was done. The latter made several objections but ultimately agreed that the lamp should be placed two inches from the spot I had assigned, whereupon the work proceeded. Then the engineer became worried and told me that Inspector Averdeck should be notified. That important person called, investigated, debated, and decided that the lamp should be shifted back two inches, which was the place I had marked. It was not long, however, before Averdeck got cold feet himself and advised me that he had informed Ober-Inspector Hieronimus of the matter and that I should await his decision. It was several days before the Ober-Inspector was able to free himself of other pressing duties but at last he arrived and a two-hour debate followed, when he decided to move the lamp two inches farther. My hopes that this was the final act were shattered when the Ober-Inspector returned and said to me: "Regierungsrath Funke is so particular that I would not dare to give an order for placing this lamp without his explicit approval." Accordingly arrangements for a visit from that great man were made. We started cleaning up and polishing early in the morning. Everybody brushed up, I put on my gloves and when Funke came with his retinue he was ceremoniously received. After two hours' deliberation he suddenly exclaimed: "I must be going," and pointing to a place on the ceiling, he ordered me to put the lamp there. It was the exact spot which I had originally chosen,

So it went day after day with variations, but I was determined to achieve at whatever cost and in the end my efforts were rewarded. By the spring of 1884 all the differences were adjusted, the plant formally accepted, and I returned to Paris with pleasing anticipations. One of the administrators had promised me a liberal compensation in case I succeeded, as well as a fair consideration of the improvements I had made in their dynamos and I hoped to realize a substantial sum. There were three administrators whom I shall designate as A, B and C for convenience. When I called on A he told me that B had the say. This gentleman thought that only C could decide and the latter was quite sure that A alone had the power to act. After several laps of this circulus vivios it dawned upon me that my reward was a castle in Spain. The utter failure of my attempts to raise capital for development was another disappointment and when Mr. Batchellor prest me to go to America with a view of redesigning the Edison machines, I determined to try my fortunes in the Land of Golden Promise. But the chance was nearly mist. I liquefied my modest assets, secured accommodations and found myself at the railroad station as the train was pulling out. At that moment I discovered that my money and tickets were gone. What to do was the question. Hercules had plenty of time to deliberate but I had to decide while running alongside the train with opposite feelings surging in my brain like condenser oscillations. Resolve, helped by dexterity, won out in the nick of time and upon passing thru the usual experiences, as trivial as unpleasant, I managed to embark for New York with the remnants of my belongings, some poems and articles I had written, and a package of calculations relating to solutions of an unsolvable integral and to my flying machine. During the voyage I sat most of the time at the stern of the ship watching for an opportunity to save somebody from a watery grave, without the slightest thought of danger. Later when I had absorbed some of the practical American sense I shivered at the recollection and marvelled at my former folly.

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