Notes 1. ^ Tesla Society. Commemoration
2. ^ BBC News "Electrical pioneer Tesla honoured"
3. ^ Nikola Tesla, genije koji je obasjao svet, produced by Ljubo Vujovic, presented by Time Warner and RCN: quoted also in Ogledalo journal, July 2008
4. ^ Serbian Unity Congress | 150 Years of Nikola Tesla
5. ^ Harnessing the Wheelwork of Nature: Tesla's Science of Energy by Thomas Valone
6. ^ Childress, David Hatcher (ed.) (2000). The Tesla Papers: Nikola Tesla on Free Energy & Wireless Transmission of Power. Kempton, IL: Adventures Unlimited Press. ISBN 0932813860.
7. ^ Robert Lomas (1999-08-21). "Spark of genius". Independent Magazine.
http://www.robertlomas.com/Tesla/Independent_Article.html. Retrieved on 2008-07-29.
8. ^ Cheney, Margaret, "Tesla: Man Out of Time", 1979. ISBN 0743215362. Front cover flap
9. ^ U.S. Supreme Court, "Marconi Wireless Telegraph co. of America v. United States". 320 U.S. 1. Nos. 369, 373. Argued 9-12 April 1943. Decided 21 June 1943.
10. ^ Obrad Mićov Samardžić, "Porijeklo Samardžića i ostalih bratstava roda Orlovića", Mostar 1992.ISBN 86-82271-53-2.
11. ^ Seifer, "Wizard" p. 7
12. ^ a b Margaret Cheney, Robert Uth, and Jim Glenn, "Tesla, Master of Lightning". Barnes & Noble Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0760710058.
13. ^ Walker, E. H. (1900). Leaders of the 19th century with some noted characters of earlier times, their efforts and achievements in advancing human progress vividly portrayed for the guidance of present and future generations. Chicago: A.B. Kuhlman Co., p, 474.
14. ^ Wysock, W.C.; J.F. Corum, J.M. Hardesty and K.L. Corum (22 October 2001). "Who Was The Real Dr. Nikola Tesla? (A Look At His Professional Credentials)" (PDF). Antenna Measurement Techniques Association, posterpape.
http://www.ttr.com/Who%20Was%20Dr%20Tesla.pdf.
15. ^ "The Book of New York: Forty Years' Recollections of the American Metropolis" says he matriculated 4 degrees (physics, mathematics, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering)
16. ^ Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1906. Harper & brothers 1905. Page 52.
17. ^ Nikola Tesla: the European Years, D. Mrkich
18. ^ Wohinz, Josef W. (16 May 2006). "Nikola Tesla und Graz". Technischen Universität Graz.
http://www.presse.tugraz.at//pressemitteilungen/2006/16.05.2006_graz.htm. Retrieved on 2006-01-29.
19. ^ Wohinz, Josef W. (Ed,) (2006). Nikola Tesla und die Technik in Graz. Graz, Austria: Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz. pp. p. 16. ISBN 3-902465-39-5; ISBN 978-3-902465-39-9 ..
20. ^ Kulishich, Kosta (27 August 1931). "Tesla Nearly Missed His Career as Inventor: College Roommate Tells". Newark News. . Cited in Seifer, Marc, The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla, 1996
21. ^ Seifer, Marc (1996). Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla; Biography of a Genius. Secaucus, NJ: Carol Publishing Group. ISBN.
22. ^ a b c d e f g h i Cheney, Margaret (2001) [1979]. Tesla: Man Out of Time. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0743215362.
http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0743215362&id=ti2Jt7XarzMC. Retrieved on 2007-06-17.
23. ^ James Grant Wilson, John Fiske, Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography. P. 261.
24. ^ "Did Tesla really invent the loudspeaker?". Twenty First Century Books, Breckenridge, CO.
25. ^ Marc J. Seifer (1998). Wizard. Citadel Press. ISBN 0806519606.
http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0806519606&id=h2DTNDFcC14C&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&ots=Zk6E-wLsLK&dq=nikola+tesla+mother+death&sig=aL3uwBWDxhJZq9oLFBcLC8rV4uQ.
26. ^ "Master of Lightning" by Public Broadcasting Service. Website
27. ^ "Tesla Says Edison was an Empiricist. Electrical Technician Declares Persistent Trials Attested Inventor's Vigor. 'His Method Inefficient' A Little Theory Would Have Saved Him 90% of Labor, Ex-Aide Asserts. Praises His Great Genius.". New York Times. 19 October 1931. "Nikola Tesla, one of the world's outstanding electrical technicians, who came to America in 1884 to work with Thomas A. Edison, specifically in the designing of motors and generators, recounted yesterday some of ..."
28. ^
http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ Adjusting the reported given amount of money for inflation, the US$50,000 in 1885 would equal US$1,140,112.60 in 2007
29. ^ Clifford A. Pickover, Strange Brains and Genius: The Secret Lives of Eccentric Scientists and Madmen. HarperCollins, 1999. 352 pages. P. 14. ISBN 0688168949
30. ^ "My Inventions" by Nikola Tesla, printed in Electrical Experimenter Feb-June, 1919. Reprinted, edited by Ben Johnson, New York: Barnes & Noble, 1982. ISBN
31. ^ Jonnes,"Empire of light" p. 110
32. ^ a b c Houston, E. J. (1889). A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases. New York: W.J. Johnston. Page 956.
33. ^ Routledge, R., & Pepper, J. H. (1876). Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century. London: G. Routledge and sons. Page 545.
34. ^ Archie Frederick Collins, Wireless Telegraphy: Its History, Theory and Practice. McGraw publishing company, 1905. Page 131
35. ^ Tesla, Nikola, "A New System of Alternating Current Motors and Transformers". American Institute of Electrical Engineers, May 1888.
36. ^ Robert Routledge, Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century. G. Routledge and Sons, 1903. Page 542.
37. ^ "Tesla's invention of the AND logic gate". Twenty First Century Books, Breckenridge, CO. (ed., this pertains to the U.S. Patent 723,188 and U.S. Patent 725,605)
38. ^ Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, "The IEEE standard dictionary of electrical and electronics terms". 6th ed. New York, N.Y., Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, c1997. IEEE Std 100-1996. ISBN 1-55937-833-6 [ed. Standards Coordinating Committee 10, Terms and Definitions; Jane Radatz, (chair)]
39. ^ Dugan, William James, "Hand-book of electro-therapeutics". F.A.Davis Company, 1910. Page 123. "[...] speak of "Tesla currents" when we really mean the high frequency currents."
40. ^ Snow, William Benham, "Currents of high potential of high and other frequencies". Scientific authors' publishing Co., 1918. Page 121.
41. ^ Norrie, H. S., "Induction Coils: How to make, use, and repair them".Norman H. Schneider, 1907, New York. 4th edition.
42. ^ Electrical experimenter, January 1919. Page 615
43. ^ The Electrical engineer. (1884). London: Biggs & Co. Page 19
44. ^ Bengt Anders Benson, Perseption apparatus for the Blind, U.S. Patent 3,250,023
45. ^ Houston, E. J. (1889). A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases. New York: W.J. Johnston. Page 801.
46. ^ Houston, E. J. (1889). A dictionary of electrical words, terms and phrases. New York: W.J. Johnston. Page 878.
47. ^ N. Tesla, HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATORS FOR ELECTRO-THERAPEUTIC AND OTHER PURPOSES. Proceedings of the American Electro-Therapeutic Association, American Electro-Therapeutic Association. Page 25.
48. ^ Griffiths, David J. Introduction to Electrodynamics, ISBN 0-13-805326-X and Jackson, John D. Classical Electrodynamics, ISBN 0-471-30932-X.
49. ^ Proceedings of the American Electro-Therapeutic Association, American Electro-Therapeutic Association. Page 16.
50. ^ George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Medical Record, 1897. Page 287.
51. ^ A Survey of Laser Lightning Rod Techniques - Barnes, Arnold A., Jr. ; Berthel, Robert O.
52. ^ Frequently Asked Questions - HSV Technologies
53. ^ Vehicle Disabling Weapon by Peter A. Schlesinger, President, HSV Technologies, Inc. - NDIA Non-Lethal Defense IV 20-22 Mar 2000
54. ^ Norrie, H. S., "Induction Coils: How to make, use, and repair them". Norman H. Schneider, 1907, New York. 4th edition.
55. ^ O'Neill, "Prodigal Genius" pp 162-164
56. ^ Krumme, Katherine, Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla: Thunder and Lightning. 4 December 2000 (PDF)
57. ^ Grotz, Toby, "The Influence of Vedic Philosophy on Nikola Tesla's Understanding of Free Energy".
58. ^
http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/conferences/che2007/prog_comm.html 59. ^ John Patrick Barrett, Electricity at the Columbian Exposition. R.R. Donnelley 1894 (World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, Chicago, Ill.) Page 168-169
60. ^ Waser, André, "Nikola Tesla’s Radiations and the Cosmic Rays".
61. ^ Tesla, Nikola, "My Inventions", Electrical Experimenter magazine, Feb, June, and Oct, 1919. ISBN (also "The Strange Life of Nikola Tesla" at rastko.org)
62. ^ Jonnes, Jill. Empires of Light ISBN 0-375-75884-4. Page 355, referencing O'Neill, John J., Prodigal Genius: The Life of Nikola Tesla (New York: David McKay, 1944), p. 167.
63. ^ Tesla, Nikola, "The True Wireless". Electrical Experimenter, May 1919. (also at pbs.org)
64. ^ Gillispie, Charles Coulston, "Dictionary of Scientific Biography"; Tesla, Nikola. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. ISBN
65. ^ Corum, K. L., J. F. Corum, and A. H. Aidinejad, "Atmospheric Fields, Tesla's Receivers and Regenerative Detectors". 1994.
66. ^ Corum, K. L., J. F. Corum, "Nikola Tesla, Lightning Observations, and Stationary Waves". 1994.
67. ^ Tesla, Nikola, "Talking with Planets". Collier's Weekly, 19 February 1901. (EarlyRadioHistory.us)
68. ^ Spencer, John (1991). The UFO Encyclopedia. New York: Avon Books. ISBN 978-0-38-076887-5.
69. ^ Corum, Kenneth L.; James F. Corum (1996). Nikola Tesla and the electrical signals of planetary origin. pp. 14. OCLC 68193760.
70. ^ "A Battle to Preserve a Visionary’s Bold Failure". New York Times. May 4, 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/05/science/05tesla.html?hp. Retrieved on 2009-05-05. "He eventually sold Wardenclyffe to satisfy $20,000 (today about $400,000) in bills at the Waldorf. In 1917, the new owners had the giant tower blown up and sold for scrap."
71. ^ O'Neill, "Prodigal Genius" pp 228-229
72. ^ Seifer, "Wizard" pp 378-380
73. ^ Page, R.M., "The Early History of RADAR", Proceedings of the IRE, Volume 50, Number 5, May, 1962, (special 50th Anniversary Issue).
74. ^
http://www.teslasociety.com/teslavillage.htm Tesla telegram to Vladko Maček
75. ^ Prepared Statement by Nikola Tesla downloadable from
www.tesla.hu 76. ^ New York Times, 11 July 1935, p 23, c.8
77. ^ New York Herald Tribune, 11 September 1932
78. ^ 1936 unpublished interview, quoted in Anderson, L, ed. Nikola Tesla: Lecture Before the New York Academy of Sciences: The Streams of Lenard and Roentgen and Novel Apparatus for Their Production, 6 April 1897, reconstructed 1994
79. ^ "Tesla's Ray". Time, 23 July 1934.
80. ^ "Tesla, at 78, Bares New 'Death-Beam"', New York Times, 11 July 1934.
81. ^ "Tesla Invents Peace Ray". New York Sun, 10 July 1934.
82. ^ "Death-Ray Machine Described", New York Sun, 11 July 1934.
83. ^ "A Machine to End War". Feb. 1935.
84. ^ Seifer, Marc J., "Wizard, the Life and Times of Nikola Tesla". ISBN (HC) p. 454
85. ^ Seifer, "Wizard" p. 454
86. ^ "Beam to Kill Army at 200 Miles, Tesla's Claim on 78th Birthday". New York Times, 11 July 1934.
87. ^ "'Death Ray' for Planes". New York Times, 22 September 1940.
88. ^ "Aerial Defense 'Death-Beam' Offered to U. S. By Tesla" 12 July 1940
89. ^ O'Neill, John J., "Tesla Tries To Prevent World War II". (unpublished Chapter 34 of Prodigal Genius) (PBS)
90. ^ Velox, Particle beam weapon. everything2.com
91. ^ The Fantastic Inventions of Nikola Tesla By Nikola Tesla, David Hatcher Childress. p. 256. Google Books
92. ^ The Lost Journals of NiKola Tesla. by Tim Swartz. Inner Light - Global Communications (October 15, 2000). Also see bibliotecapleyades.net
93. ^ Kerryr.net
94. ^ Secor, H. Winfield, "Tesla's views on Electricity and the War", Electrical Experimenter, Volume 5, Number 4, August, 1917.
95. ^ "Giant Eye to See Round the World" Albany Telegram, 25 February 1923 (doc).
96. ^ Viereck, George Sylvester, and Nikola Tesla, "A Machine to End War - A Famous Inventor, Picturing Life 100 Years from Now, Reveals an Astounding Scientific Venture Which He Believes Will Change the Course of History". Liberty, February 1937.
97. ^ Kennedy, John B., "When woman is boss, An interview with Nikola Tesla". Colliers, 30 January 1926.
98. ^ Nikola Tesla, "The Problem of Increasing Human Energy". Century Illustrated Magazine, June 1900.
99. ^ O'Neill, "Prodigal Genius" (extract at Electrosensitivity.org - Q&A)
100. ^ "Nikola Tesla Dies. Prolific Inventor. Alternating Power Current's Developer Found Dead in Hotel Suite Here. Claimed a 'Death Beam'. He Insisted the Invention Could Annihilate an Army of 1,000,000 at Once.". New York Times. 8 January 1943, Friday.
101. ^ U.S. Patent 645,576
102. ^ Hoover, John Edgar, et al.
103. ^ Nikola Tesla Museum
104. ^ John J. O'Neill Prodigal Genius - the Life of Nikola Tesla, pp. 316-7, Ives Washburn Inc., 1964 ASIN: B000KIDNP6; 1st ed. 1944
105. ^ The portrait survived in the collection of Ludwig Nissen, Brooklyn, see: Klaus Lengsfeld: Sammlung Ludwig Nissen : Husum 1855 - 1924 New York; Dokumentation d. Kunstsammlung Ludwig Nissens anlässl. d. Ausstellung zu seinem 125. Geburtstag im Nissenhaus zu Husum, 1980, 169 Pages. (= Schriften des Nordfriesischen Museums Ludwig-Nissen-Haus, Nr. 16)
106. ^ IEEE, "IEEE Nikola Tesla Award. 1 April 2005.
107. ^ Why the Name "Tesla"?, Tesla Motors, Inc., 2006
108. ^ Tesla Memorial Society of New York | Tesla Monument in Canada
109. ^ "Aerodrom Nikola Tesla Beograd".
http://www.airport-belgrade.co.yu. Retrieved on 2009-06-04.
[edit] References
* Margaret Cheney, Robert Uth, and Jim Glenn, "Tesla, Master of Lightning", published by Barnes & Noble, 1999. ISBN 0760710058.
* Germano, Frank, "Dr. Nikola Tesla". Frank. Germano.com.
* Lomas, Robert, "The Man who Invented the Twentieth Century". Lecture to South Western Branch of Instititute of Physics.
* Martin, Thomas Commerford, "The Inventions, Researches, and Writings of Nikola Tesla", New York: The Electrical Engineer, 1894 (3rd Ed.); reprinted by Barnes & Noble, 1995 ISBN-X
* O'Neill, John J., "Prodigal Genius: The Life of Nikola", 1944. ISBN (Tesla reportedly said of this biographer "You understand me better than any man alive"; also the version at uncletaz.com with other items at uncletaz's site)
* Penner, John R.H. The Strange Life of Nikola Tesla, corrupted version of My Inventions.
* Pratt, H., "Nikola Tesla 1856–1943", Proceedings of the IRE, Vol. 44, September, 1956.
* "Nikola Tesla". IEEE History Center, 2005.
* Seifer, Marc J. "Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla; Biography of a Genius", Secaucus, NJ: Carol Publishing Group, 1996. ISBN
* Weisstein, Eric W., "Tesla, Nikola (1856–1943)". Eric Weisstein's World of Science.
* "Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature", Moon Nomenclature: Crater. USGS, Astrogeology Research Program.
* Dimitrijevic, Milan S., "Belgrade Astronomical Observatory Historical Review". Publ. Astron. Obs. Belgrade,), 162–170. Also, "Srpski asteroidi, Tesla". Astronomski magazine.
* Hoover, John Edgar, et al., FOIA FBI files, 1943.
* Pratt, H., "Nikola Tesla 1856–1943", Proceedings of the IRE, Vol. 44, September, 1956.
* W.C. Wysock, J.F. Corum, J.M. Hardesty and K.L. Corum, "Who Was The Real Dr. Nikola Tesla? (A Look At His Professional Credentials)". Antenna Measurement Techniques Association, posterpaper, 22 October–25, 2001 (PDF)
* Roguin, Ariel, "Historical Note: Nikola Tesla: The man behind the magnetic field unit". J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2004;19:369–374. © 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
* Sellon, J. L., "The impact of Nikola Tesla on the cement industry". Behrent Eng. Co., Wheat Ridge, CO. Cement Industry Technical Conference. 1997. XXXIX Conference Record., 1997 IEEE/PC. Page(s) 125–133. ISBN
* Valentinuzzi, M.E., "Nikola Tesla: why was he so much resisted and forgotten?" Inst. de Bioingenieria, Univ. Nacional de Tucuman; Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE. July/August 1998, 17:4, pp. 74–75. ISSN
* Waser, André, "Nikola Tesla’s Radiations and the Cosmic Rays". (PDF)
* Secor, H. Winfield, "Tesla's views on Electricity and the War", Electrical Experimenter, Volume 5, Number 4, August, 1917.
* Florey, Glen, "Tesla and the Military". Engineering 24, 5 December 2000.
* Corum, K. L., J. F. Corum, "Nikola Tesla, Lightning Observations, and Stationary Waves". 1994.
* Corum, K. L., J. F. Corum, and A. H. Aidinejad, "Atmospheric Fields, Tesla's Receivers and Regenerative Detectors". 1994.
* Meyl, Konstantin, H. Weidner, E. Zentgraf, T. Senkel, T. Junker, and P. Winkels, "Experiments to proof the evidence of scalar waves Tests with a Tesla reproduction". Institut für Gravitationsforschung (IGF), Am Heerbach 5, D-63857 Waldaschaff.
* Anderson, L. I., "John Stone Stone on Nikola Tesla’s Priority in Radio and Continuous Wave Radiofrequency Apparatus". The Antique Wireless Association Review, Vol. 1, 1986, pp. 18–41.
* Anderson, L. I., "Priority in Invention of Radio, Tesla v. Marconi". Antique Wireless Association monograph, March 1980.
* Marincic, A., and D. Budimir, "Tesla's contribution to radiowave propagation". Dept. of Electron. Eng., Belgrade Univ. (5th International Conference on Telecommunications in Modern Satellite, Cable and Broadcasting Service, 2001. TELSIKS 2001. pp. 327–331 vol.1) ISBN-X
* Page, R.M., "The Early History of Radar", Proceedings of the IRE, Volume 50, Number 5, May, 1962, (special 50th Anniversary Issue).
* C Mackechnie Jarvis "Nikola Tesla and the induction motor". 1970 Phys. Educ. 5 280–287.
* "Giant Eye to See Round the World" (DOC)
* Nichelson, Oliver, "Nikola Tesla's Latter Energy Generation Designs", A description of Tesla's energy generator that "would not consume fuel." 26th IECEC Proceedings, 1991, Boston, MA (American Nuclear Society) Vol. 4, pp. 433-438.
* Nichelson, Oliver, "The Thermodynamics of Tesla's Fuelless Electrical generator". A theory of the physics of Tesla's new energy generator. (American Chemical Society, 1993. 2722-5/93/0028-63)
* Toby Grotz, "The Influence of Vedic Philosophy on Nikola Tesla's Understanding of Free Energy".
[edit] Further reading
[edit] Publications
* A New System of Alternating Current Motors and Transformers, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, May 1888.
* Selected Tesla Writings, Written by Tesla and others,.
* Light Without Heat, The Manufacturer and Builder, January 1892, Vol. 24
* Biography - Nikola Tesla, The Century Magazine, November 1893, Vol. 47
* Tesla's Oscillator and Other Inventions, The Century Magazine, November 1894, Vol. 49
* The New Telegraphy. Recent Experiments in Telegraphy wih Sparks, The Century Magazine, November 1897, Vol. 55
[edit] Books
* Anderson, Leland I., "Dr. Nikola Tesla (1856–1943)", 2d enl. ed., Minneapolis, Tesla Society. 1956.
* Auster, Paul, "Moon Palace", 1989. Tells Tesla's story - among other's - within the history of the United States.
* Cheney, Margaret, "Tesla: Man Out of Time", 1981. ISBN 0139068597.
* Childress, David H., "The Fantastic Inventions of Nikola Tesla," 1993. ISBN
* Glenn, Jim, "The Complete Patents of Nikola Tesla," 1994. ISBN
* Jonnes, Jill "Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World". New York: Random House, 2003. ISBN
* Martin, Thomas C., "The Inventions, Researches, and Writings of Nikola Tesla," 1894 . ISBN-X
* O'Neill, John Jacob,"Prodigal Genius," 1944. Paperback reprint 1994, ISBN 978-0914732334. (ed. Prodigal Genius is available online)
* Lomas, Robert,"The man who invented the twentieth century : Nikola Tesla, forgotten genius of electricity," 1999. ISBN
* Ratzlaff, John and Leland Anderson, "Dr. Nikola Tesla Bibliography", Ragusan Press, Palo Alto, California, 1979, 237 pages. Extensive listing of articles about and by Nikola Tesla.
* Seifer, Marc J., "Wizard, the Life and Times of Nikola Tesla," 1998. ISBN (HC), ISBN (SC)
* Tesla, Nikola, "Colorado Springs Notes, 1899–1900", ISBN-X
* Tesla, Nikola, "My Inventions" Parts I through V published in the Electrical Experimenter monthly magazine from February through June, 1919. Part VI published October, 1919. Reprint edition with introductory notes by Ben Johnson, New York: Barnes and Noble,1982, ISBN; also online at "Lucid Cafe, et cetera as "The Strange Life of Nikola Tesla", 1919. ISBN
* Trinkaus, George "TESLA: The Lost Inventions", High Voltage Press, 2002. ISBN 09-7096-182-0
* Valone, Thomas, "Harnessing the Wheelwork of Nature: Tesla's Science of Energy," 2002. ISBN
[edit] Journals
* Carlson, W. Bernard, "Inventor of dreams". Scientific American, March 2005 Vol. 292 Issue 3 p. 78(7).
* Jatras, Stella L., "The genius of Nikola Tesla". The New American, 28 July 2003 Vol. 19 Issue 15 p. 9(1)
* Rybak, James P., "Nikola Tesla: Scientific Savant". Popular Electronics, 1042170X, November 1999, Vol. 16, Issue 11.
* Lawren, B., "Rediscovering Tesla". Omni, March 1988, Vol. 10 Issue 6.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla