My Inventions and Other Writing and Lectures

by Nikola Tesla

Overview

This volume presents one of the richest and most comprehensive collections of writings by Nikola 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 Current Motors and Transformers," "On Electricity," and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486849355
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	04/28/2021
Series:	Dover Thrift Editions: Biography/Autobiography
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	40 MB
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About the Author

Inventor Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) emigrated to the United States from his native Croatia in 1884 to work for Thomas Edison. He contributed to the development of the alternating-current electrical system, which made the universal transmission and distribution of electricity possible. George Westinghouse purchased the patents to Tesla's induction motor and made it the basis of the Westinghouse power system, which underlies the modern electrical power industry.

Table of Contents

My Inventions
Part I: My Early Life
Part II: My First Efforts in Inventions
Part III: My Later Endeavors: The Discovery of the Rotating Magnetic Field
Part IV: The Discovery of the Tesla Coil and Transformer
Part V: The Magnifying Transmitter 
Part VI: The Art of Telautomatics: How Tesla’s Mind Recuperates 

Other Writing and 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
Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency
On Light and Other High Frequency Phenomena
High Frequency Oscillators for Electro-Therapeutic and Other Purposes
The Problem of Increasing Human Energy