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Collected here are nineteen of Nikola Tesla's essays, letters, and speeches complete with over 200 captioned figures. Now you can read these famous articles as they were intended to be read. Included are 'A New System of Alternating Current Motors and Transformers'; 'Experiments with Alternate Currents of Very High Frequency and Their Application to Methods of Artificial Illumination'; 'Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High...
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Nikola Tesla was a genius, who revolutionized how the world looks at electricity. In 1893, he patented an electro-mechanical oscillator as a steam-powered electric generator. By his own account, one version of the oscillator caused an earthquake in New York City in 1898, for which it was, accorded the moniker, "Tesla's earthquake machine."
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Nikola Tesla was a genius who revolutionized how the world looks at electricity. During college, his professors explained that it was impossible to design an engine without commutators or brushes. Tesla was unconvinced that such was necessary or even particularly desirable. It was then that Tesla began his work on the rotating field motor that ultimately gave birth to the modern age. In May of 1888, Tesla delivered his lecture "A New System of Alternating...
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Nikola Tesla was one of history's greatest scientists, and though he is best known for his pioneering work with electricity, the fact that he is mostly remembered solely for that actually does a disservice to his legacy. Born a Serb in the Austrian Empire, Tesla came to the United States and worked in a laboratory for none other than the Wizard of Menlo Park, Thomas Edison. It was through his work on behalf of Edison that Tesla flourished and became...
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In the following I shall consider three exceptionally interesting errors in the interpretation and application of physical phenomena which have for years dominated the minds of experts and men of science. 1. The Illusion of the Axial Rotation of the Moon. 2. The Fallacy of Franklin's Pointed Lightning-Rod. 3. The Singular Misconception of the Wireless. Tesla is well known for his inventions, speeches and articles, many of which are readily available....
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Part philosophical ponderings on humanity's relationship to the universe, part scientific extrapolation on what technological advancement might bring to that understanding, this long essay, first published in Century Illustrated Magazine in June 1900, is yet another example of the genius of Serbian inventor NIKOLA TESLA (1857-1943), the revolutionary scientist who forever changed the scientific fields of electricity and magnetism.
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This volume presents one of the richest and most comprehensive collections of writings by Nikolai Tesla, a founding figure of the modern electrical power industry and long-time rival of Thomas Edison. Included is Tesla's autobiography, My Inventions, and the lengthy philosophical essay "The Problem of Increasing Human Energy: With Special Reference to the Harnessing of the Sun's Energy," as well as a series of lectures: "A New System of Alternate...
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En su autobiografía, Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), uno de los inventores más importantes del siglo XX, retrata su trayectoria desde la infancia en Croacia hasta su establecimiento y logros en los Estados Unidos. Tesla cuenta su vida desde la infancia, pasando por sus proyectos y también explica cómo funcionaba su proceso creativo, que era tan complejo y único que le permitía desarrollar, operar y modificar sus inventos solo con su imaginación....