The Inventions, Researches and Writings of Nikola Tesla with Special Reference to His Work in Polyphase Currents and High Potential Lighting [Facsimile of 1894 Original]

Martin, Thomas Commerford; Tesla, Nikola [Subject]

Published by Omni Publications - The Electrical Engineer, Hawthorne, California - New York, 1977

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Stated at copyright: "Republished 1977 by Omni Publications." Title page: "Originally Published in 1894 by The Electrical Engineer, New York" Deep blue buckram boards, metallic silver impressed cover and spine titles, light shelf wear. Pages near fine; no writing. Sienna colored endpapers. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Elegant dust wrapper in subdued yellow with classic full-size Tesla portriat and relief titles to front panel, bold black spine titles, "OMNI" at back panel, light shelf wear, rub; protected in new clear sleeve. Substantial volume at nearly two lbs. Near fine quailty facsimile of 1894 first edition. Dedicated adjacent to title page: "To His Countrymen in Eastern Europe, This Record of the Work Already Accomplished by Nikola Tesla is Respectfully Dedicated." Illustrated throughout with the original schematic designs. Three-page index. Scarce near fine facsimile in same dust wrapper. CONTENTS: PART I. POLYPHASE CURRENTS: Chapter I. Biographical and Introductory; II. A New System of Alternating Current Motors and Transformers; III. Tesla Rotating Magnetic Field - .Rotating Field Transformers; IV. Modification of Tesla Polyphase Systems; V. .Generator of the Continuous Current Type; VI. Obtaining Desired Speed of Motor or Generator; VII. Regulator for Rotary Current Motors; VIII. Single Circuit, Self-Starting Synchronizing Motors; IX. Change from Double Current to Single Current Motors; X. Motor with 'Current Lag' Artificially Secured; XI. .Transformation from a Torque to a Synchronous Motor; XII. 'Magnetic Lag' Motor; XIII. Obtaining Difference of Phase by Magnetic Shielding; XIV. Type of Tesla Single-Phase Motor; XV. Motors with Circuit of Different Resistance; XVI. Equal Magnetic Energies in Field and Armature; XVII. Motors with Coinciding Maxima of Magnetic Effects in Armature and Field; XVIII. Motor Based on Phase Difference in the Magnetization of the Inner and Outer Parts of an Iron Core; XIX. Another Tesla Induction Motor; XX. Combinations of Synchronous and Torque Motors; XXI. Motor with a Condenser in the Armature Circuit; XXII. .Condenser in One of the Field Circuits; XXIII. Tesla Polyphase Transformers; XXIV. Constant Current Transformer with Magnetic Shield between Coils of Primary and Secondary. PART II. TESLA EFFECTS WITH HIGH FREQUENCY HIGH POTENTIAL CURRENTS: Chapter XXV. Introductory - The Scope of the Tesla Lectures; XXVI. The New York Lecture. Experiments with Alternate Currents of Very High Frequency, and their Application to Methods of Artificial Illumination, May 20, 1891; XXVII. The London Lecture. Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and Frequency, February 3, 1892; XXVIII. The Philadelphia and St. Louis Lecture. Or Light and Other High Frequency Phenomena, February and March, 1893; XXIX. Tesla Alternating Current Generators for High Frequency; XXX. Alternate Current Electrostatic Induction Apparatus; XXXI. 'Massage' with Current of High Frequency; XXXII. Electric Discharge of Vacuum Tubes. PART III. MISCELLANEOUS INVENTIONS AND WRITINGS. Chapter XXXIII. Method of Obtaining Direct from Alternating Currents; XXXIV. Condensers with Plates of Oil; XXXV. Electrolytic Registering Meter; XXXVI. Thermo-Magnetic Motors and Pyro-Magnetic Generators; XXXVII. Anti-Sparking Dynamo Brush and Commutator; XXXVIII. Auxiliary Brush Regulation of Direct Current Dynamos; XXXIX. Improvement in Dynamo and Motor Construction; XL. Tesla Direct Current Arc Lighting System; XLI. Improvement in Unipolar Generators. PART IV. APPENDIX: EARLY PHAS MOTORS AND THE TESLA OSCILLATORS. Chapter XLII. Mr. Tesla's Personal Exhibit at the World's Fair; and, XLIII. Tesla Mechanical and Electrical Oscillators." Schematics, demonstrative illustrations, and several actual images at advent of photography are present throughout this volume. 496 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Seller Inventory # 021459

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Title: The Inventions, Researches and Writings of ...

Publisher: Omni Publications - The Electrical Engineer, Hawthorne, California - New York

Publication Date: 1977

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition Thus.