Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency (Summarized Edition): Enriched edition. High-Frequency AC, Resonant Coils, and Wireless Power Experiments, 1891–1892
Jan 2026 · Quickie Classics
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This classic compendium of Tesla's 1891-1892 demonstrations maps the physics and craft of high-frequency alternating currents. Through precise lecture prose interleaved with stage-ready experiments, Tesla details resonant transformers (the Tesla coil), capacitor discharges, brush and corona phenomena, and luminous effects in evacuated tubes, even single-wire lighting that foreshadows wireless power. Situated amid Victorian electrotechnics and post-Hertz investigations, the book marries hands-on apparatus lists with theoretical analogies of resonance and impedance, translating Maxwellian abstractions into laboratory practice and a new aesthetics of electric light. A Serbian-American engineer-inventor who pioneered the polyphase AC motor and system, Tesla wrote from the crucible of the war of currents and from laboratories in New York and London. His AIEE lecture (1891) and the 1892 London addresses, one chaired by Lord Kelvin, shaped this text. Influenced by Crookes's vacuum work and stimulated by reports of Hertzian oscillations, Tesla pursued extreme potentials to secure safer illumination, long-distance transmission, and, ultimately, untethered energy, ambitions grounded in a virtuoso feel for resonance. Scholars of science and practicing RF engineers will find an indispensable primary source: a lucid experimental manual and a manifesto for AC modernity, rich in methods, cautionary notes, and insights still vital from resonance to dielectric stress. Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable—distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Author Biography · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.
This classic compendium of Tesla's 1891-1892 demonstrations maps the physics and craft of high-frequency alternating currents. Through precise lecture prose interleaved with stage-ready experiments, Tesla details resonant transformers (the Tesla coil), capacitor discharges, brush and corona pheno...
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