Nikola Tesla: Experiments and Discoveries
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Nikola Tesla: Experiments and Discoveries
Book Review
Author Nikola Tesla, Introduction by W. Bernard Carlson with a brief biography and other un-credited notes, 133 pages
ISBN 978-1-4351-6037-8
Dear Reader,
In his time, Nikola Tesla was the man that created the motor! He was born in 1856 in Smiljan, Croatia in what was then the Austrian Empire. He emigrated to the United States in 1884 to work for Thomas Edison. Before dying in New York in 1943, he discovered, invented and created the foundation necessary for many of the electric devices we take for granted today. His list of patents is purported to be in the hundreds.
Though an enigmatic figure, with eccentricities and even a nervous breakdown in 1905, this book only briefly goes into his personal story. It is primarily composed of a lengthy lecture and some illustrations of his experiments with alternate currents of high potential and high frequency as well as a shorter examination of the transmission of electric energy without wires. The bulk of the writing is that of Nikola himself. The language can be a bit odd, but if you are interested in the mechanics of his inventions and his discoveries, like basic electronics and the phenomena that electricity is capable of then you may enjoy this book.
If not, then this book may be dull reading for you. I find this kind of information fascinating, but it still assisted me in a nap or two.
Happy Reading,
O.A.
Book Review
Author Nikola Tesla, Introduction by W. Bernard Carlson with a brief biography and other un-credited notes, 133 pages
ISBN 978-1-4351-6037-8
Dear Reader,
In his time, Nikola Tesla was the man that created the motor! He was born in 1856 in Smiljan, Croatia in what was then the Austrian Empire. He emigrated to the United States in 1884 to work for Thomas Edison. Before dying in New York in 1943, he discovered, invented and created the foundation necessary for many of the electric devices we take for granted today. His list of patents is purported to be in the hundreds.
Though an enigmatic figure, with eccentricities and even a nervous breakdown in 1905, this book only briefly goes into his personal story. It is primarily composed of a lengthy lecture and some illustrations of his experiments with alternate currents of high potential and high frequency as well as a shorter examination of the transmission of electric energy without wires. The bulk of the writing is that of Nikola himself. The language can be a bit odd, but if you are interested in the mechanics of his inventions and his discoveries, like basic electronics and the phenomena that electricity is capable of then you may enjoy this book.
If not, then this book may be dull reading for you. I find this kind of information fascinating, but it still assisted me in a nap or two.
Happy Reading,
O.A.
He said "I don't care if they steal my ideas ,I care that they don't have any ideas of their own" also "the present; is theirs the future which I have worked for is mine" Tesla credited with Alternating current. light bulb ,electric motor, X-ray, radio, wireless communication, robotics, remote control , cat scans. That he wanted to give energy free was his financial downfall as his financier JP Morgan would have none of that.
BTW the Govt removed all of Tesla's papers within
Hours of his death. With in a few years major breakthroughs in transistors and circuits ushered in the technological age. Who knows what value his heir's lost in inventions when they were looted.
http://www.activistpost.com/2012/01/1...
Yes, he must have had amazing vision and in-sight.
Thank you very much for noticing my spelling error and bringing it to my attention. I have made corrections and mental note for the future.
Respectfully,
O.A.
He was undoubtedly the first human to visualize a rotating magnetic field generated from a 3-phase winding carrying alternating currents.
His name was Nikola, not Nickola, and although born in a part of the defunct Austrian-Hungarian empire which is present day Croatia, he was a Serb, very conscious of that, son of a Serbian Orthodox priest.
Records must be kept straight.
Speaking of brains/minds, have you ever wondered how much smarter many of us could be, if it weren't for the bombardment of television from the 50's, on? The brain cells that stored the theme song from "Leave It To Beaver" might have served me, quite well, otherwise.
I found something... here is an interesting article on point. https://www.quora.com/What-mental-dis...
What do you think?
If his body was damaged by any of the voltages he worked with (other than the occasional RF burn or DC shock)...I'm not seeing it.
One thing that left me wondering about was the levels that Tesla routinely exposed himself to. Conjecture... speculation...?
That is quite correct. My statement above was a bit of hyperbola. Thank's for the clarification and specificity. He invented a better motor... for many more uses. He is best recognized for the development of AC and the AC motors, but I find his experiments with various wireless light creating methods to be even more fascinating.
Respectfully,
O.A.
Tesla was getting weird(er), and more desperate, in his later years. At one point, he made a claim to the military that he had a "death ray" in the works...likely to keep the government interested in his work.
To this day, over half a century after his death, no proof of his undiscovered "weapons" has ever been brought forward. I'm not demeaning the man, he WAS a wizard, but the conspiracies surrounding his life and works are just that.
It all stems from the same people who brought you man-made Climate Change, gas pump explosions due to cell phones, etc...no evidence, just lot's of "faith".
Several months ago I read about that elephant and remembered to go looking for it. .
Oh My! I did not know that film footage existed.
Thank's... I think... :)
Respectfully,
O.A.
Yes, very interesting.
Thank's,
O.A.
Having no expertise in this field, I always wondered if the exposure may have contributed to Tesla's idiosyncrasies. A few years ago they were telling us that cell phone emissions and living under high tension wires could cause cancer...
Respectfully,
O.A.
Also an excellent contribution.
Thank you,
O.A.
Excellent contribution.
Thank's,
O.A.
In more than one book, Edison was portrayed as a greedy S.O.B. who crapped on people he dealt with when it came to inventions.
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