Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!mcnc!ecsvax!hes From: hes@ecsvax.UUCP Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Tesla coils Message-ID: <2451@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Dec-86 14:26:36 EST Article-I.D.: ecsvax.2451 Posted: Tue Dec 9 14:26:36 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Dec-86 19:33:08 EST References: <6824@decwrl.DEC.COM> Organization: NC State Univ. Lines: 25 Summary: books [this line eater message defeats the 50% rule] In article <6824@decwrl.DEC.COM>, brandenberg@star.dec.com > > > Matt Giger (tektronix!reed!shadow) asks about tesla coils... > ... > As for > references, the University of Missouri at Kansas City > once had a copy of Tesla's laboratory notes prior to his > work in Colorado (available on loan). > ... Tesla's notes from his Colorado Lab were (as I recall) > seized by the Government at the time of his death and those > that weren't given to the Czechoslovakian Government are > still sealed away. > > Monty Brandenberg When I visited the Museum of Natural History in Denver they had several books on Tesla. I bought "My Inventions", the autobiography of Nikola Tesla (published by Hart Brothers in 1982), and it is quite readable, but doesn't give much technical explanation. They also had a large book (as I remember it was 8 1/2 x 11" and about 1" thick) which was mostly photocopied laboratory notebooks from experiments in his Colorado Springs Lab. You might get some help from the museum bookstore. --henry schaffer n c state univ