nikola tesla technical book? - Page 1
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author: wblackledg
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 04, 2013, 05:35:12 pm
content: I'm wanting to find a book with nikola tesla's designs. Don't really want a biography, or hard to interpret scribbled notes that have been photocopied.any suggestions?thanks.

author: casper.bang
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 04, 2013, 05:53:00 pm
content: Unfortunately, the CIA stole Tesla's notes, drawing and plans from his hotel room the day of his death never to be seen again.

author: wblackledg
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 04, 2013, 05:57:56 pm
content: Quote from: casper.bang on September 04, 2013, 05:53:00 pmI read something about that. I know it was during war time (1943), but you would think that a freedom of information act lawsuit would open that one up.I was assuming that somebody has written a comprehensive technical guide to his work that is worth reading?

author: casper.bang
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 04, 2013, 07:04:41 pm
content: I am unaware of any such book. However, there are quite a few documentaries seeking to honor his forgotten genious. The best I've seen was on NetFlix called something like "War of the Currents", but this one doesn't look too bad either:In the end, Tesla was right; the future did belong to him and his AC.

author: Conrad Hoffman
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 04, 2013, 07:05:04 pm
content: I'm pretty sure there's a small paperback book that covers many of his patents, but I'll have to check my shelf when I get home.edit- I think it'sThe Fantastic Inventions of Nikola Teslaand should be easy to find by search.

author: Bored@Work
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 04, 2013, 08:43:13 pm
content: Quote from: Conrad Hoffman on September 04, 2013, 07:05:04 pmBefore you waste your time with Tesla rubbish, check out what else the particular publisher publishes:http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Adventures+Unlimited+PressAnti-Gravity and the World GridThe SS Brotherhood of the Bell: The Nazis' Incredible Secret TechnologyThe Ancient Alien Question: A New Inquiry Into the Existence, Evidence, and Influence of Ancient VisitorsFree Energy Pioneer: John Worrell KeelyTapping the Zero Point EnergyQuest for Zero Point Energy Engineering Principles for Free EnergyAnd so on. In other words, an incredible pile of shit.

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 04, 2013, 09:09:25 pm
content: Tesla was a bright man, but he sure has been appropriated by the woo-woo fuckwits. Take anything you read about him with a grain of salt.

author: Jebnor
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 04, 2013, 11:48:57 pm
content: Quote from: c4757p on September 04, 2013, 09:09:25 pm"The Woo-Woo Fuckwits." I'm going to have to remember that one.

author: wblackledg
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 05, 2013, 07:20:07 pm
content: Quote from: Jebnor on September 04, 2013, 11:48:57 pmagreed. may have to replace whack-a-loon with fuckwits..

author: wblackledg
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 05, 2013, 07:22:43 pm
content: yeah, I agree. however, all the electronics magazines (tech mags, not gadget mags) are right next to the aliens, voodoo, tattoo, and pyramid power mags in all the books stores around here.So even tesla's own books aren't worth reading?

author: Crazy Ape
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 05, 2013, 07:26:32 pm
content: Quote from: wblackledg on September 05, 2013, 07:22:43 pmLots of info in the patents.https://www.google.com/?tbm=pts#q=nikola+tesla&tbm=pts

author: Bored@Work
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 05, 2013, 08:27:46 pm
content: Quote from: wblackledg on September 05, 2013, 07:22:43 pmIt is not Tesla's book we are talking about. The book is copy-pasted by some guy who slapped Tesla's name on the cover and pulled other marvelous books likeAnti-Gravity and the World GridExtraterrestrial ArchaeologyThe Free-Energy Device Handbookout of his ass.The problem with Tesla is that there is a group of nutcases, fanboys, mystic and conspiracy theorist who spin everything he did and a lot of things he actually didn't do into a mysterious legend.Tesla was an engineer and inventor. Some of his stuff worked and was great. Other stuff didn't work and was rubbish. And he was a bit of a nutcase. That's it.

author: mamalala
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: September 05, 2013, 11:05:43 pm
content: Quote from: Bored@Work on September 05, 2013, 08:27:46 pmPlus, some of his "inventions" were not even original either.But hey, large scale wireless energy transfer of back then sounds fitting to distribute all the energy we soon will get with all that LENR stuff!Greetings,Chris

author: Dajgoro
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 07, 2013, 01:52:51 am
content: Quote from: c4757p on September 04, 2013, 09:09:25 pmI think you just coined a new term.

author: dds
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: September 08, 2013, 09:13:43 am
content: Plus, some of his "inventions" were not even original either.ChrisWhich one?

author: Kjelt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 08, 2013, 10:26:32 am
content: Quote from: casper.bang on September 04, 2013, 07:04:41 pmHey and it starts again, now a lot of companies are experimenting with high voltage DC grids. Modern semi conductors have shifted the favour from AC to DC.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 08, 2013, 02:59:05 pm
content: Quote from: dds on September 08, 2013, 09:13:43 amWhich one?Polyphase AC--but he improved the application of it.Great Engineer,but he went round the bend!

author: Dajgoro
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: September 09, 2013, 12:16:48 am
content: Quote from: dds on September 08, 2013, 09:13:43 amThe rotating magnetic field was first invented by Galileo Ferraris, and later improved by Tesla, but when you mention the rotating magnetic field today, Tesla is always the hero.