The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lightingBy Thomas Commerford Martin
Length16h 58m
About this audiobook
The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla is both a technical compendium and a landmark document in the history of electrical modernity. Bringing together Tesla's lectures, patents, experimental reports, and explanatory essays, the volume presents alternating-current motors, high-frequency phenomena, wireless illumination, and early conceptions of power transmission with unusual clarity. Its style is Victorian scientific prose: precise, demonstrative, and at times visionary, situated within the late nineteenth-century contest between laboratory experiment, industrial application, and public wonder. Thomas Commerford Martin, an Irish-born American electrical engineer, editor, and close observer of the electrical profession, was ideally placed to assemble this work. As a leading technical journalist and later a founder of professional electrical institutions, Martin understood both the engineering significance of Tesla's discoveries and the need to preserve them in authoritative form. His editorial hand reflects admiration, but also a disciplined commitment to documentation. This book is recommended to readers interested in Tesla beyond myth: historians of technology, electrical engineers, and students of scientific culture will find it indispensable. It offers direct access to the conceptual world in which modern electrification was imagined, argued, and materially brought into being.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreTechnology
Length16 hrs 58 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 22, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Synopsis
4Historical Context
5PREFACE.
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6PART I. POLYPHASE CURRENTS.
7CHAPTER I.
8Biographical and Introductory.
9CHAPTER II.
10A New System of Alternating Current Motors and Transformers.
11CHAPTER III.
12The Tesla Rotating Magnetic Field. — Motors With Closed Conductors. — Synchronizing Motors. — Rotating Field Transformers.
13CHAPTER IV.
14Modifications and Expansions of the Tesla Polyphase Systems.
15CHAPTER V.
16Utilizing Familiar Types of Generator of the Continuous Current Type.
17CHAPTER VI.
18Method of Obtaining Desired Speed of Motor or Generator.
19CHAPTER VII.
20Regulator for Rotary Current Motors.
21CHAPTER VIII.
22Single Circuit, Self-Starting Synchronizing Motors.
23CHAPTER IX.
24Change From Double Current to Single Current Motor.
25CHAPTER X.
26Motor With "Current Lag" Artificially Secured.
27CHAPTER XI.
28Another Method of Transformation from a Torque to a Synchronizing Motor.
29CHAPTER XII.
30"Magnetic Lag" Motor.
31CHAPTER XIII.
32Method of Obtaining Difference of Phase by Magnetic Shielding.
33CHAPTER XIV.
34Type of Tesla Single-Phase Motor.
35CHAPTER XV.
36Motors with Circuits of Different Resistance.
37CHAPTER XVI.
38Motor With Equal Magnetic Energies in Field and Armature.
39CHAPTER XVII.
40Motors With Coinciding Maxima of Magnetic Effect in Armature and Field.
41CHAPTER XVIII.
42Motor Based on the Difference of Phase in the Magnetization of the Inner and Outer Parts of an Iron Core.
43CHAPTER XIX.
44Another Type of Tesla Induction Motor.
45CHAPTER XX.
46Combinations of Synchronizing Motor and Torque Motor.
47CHAPTER XXI.
48Motor with a Condenser in the Armature Circuit.
49CHAPTER XXII.
50Motor with Condenser in one of the Field Circuits.
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