Colorado Springs Notes, 1899–1900
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Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, mechanical engineer, and electrical engineer...
in Colorado Springs at the turn of the 20th century.
Preface
Tesla's notes at the Colorado Springs experimental station were unpublished until the release of this book. Arrangements through the Nikola Tesla Museum allowed Aleksandar Marincik to make commentaries on the notes. The Nikola Tesla Museum published the work to mark the 120th anniversary of Tesla's birth.Introduction
Tesla was focused in his research for the practical development of a system for wireless transmission of power and a utilization system. Tesla said, in "On electricity", Electrical Review (Jan. 27, 1897):- "In fact, progress in this field has given me fresh hope that I shall see the fulfillment of one of my fondest dreams; namely, the transmission of power from station to station without the employment of any connecting wires."
Tesla's went to Colorado Springs in mid-May 1899 with the intent to research:
- Transmitters of great power.
- Individualization and isolating the energy transmission means.
- Laws of propagation of currents through the earth and the atmosphere.
Tesla spent more than half his time researching transmitters. Tesla spent less than a quarter of his time researching delicate receivers and about a tenth of his time measuring the capacity of the vertical antenna. Also, Tesla spent a tenth of his time researching miscellaneous subjects.
The authors notes J. R. Wait's comment on Tesla activity,
- "From an historical standpoint, it is significant that the genius Nikola Tesla envisaged a world wide communication system using a huge spark gap transmitter located in Colorado Springs in 1899. A few years later he built a large facility in Long Island that he hoped would transmit signals to the Cornish coast of England. In addition, he proposed to use a modified version of the system to distribute power to all points of the globe".
The authors note that no alterations have been made to the original which still contains certain minor errors; calculation errors which influence conclusions are noted. The authors also note the end of the book contains commentaries on the Diary with explanatory notes.
June 1 to January 7
The main content of the book is composed of notes written by Tesla between June 1, 1899 to January 7, 1900.Citations to the work
These publications have cited this book.- VL Bychkov (2002). Polymer-composite ball lightning. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
- A Marincic, D Budimir (2001). Tesla's contribution to radiowave propagation. Telecommunications in Modern Satellite, Cable and Broadcasting Service, 2001. TELSIKS 2001. 5th International Conference on
- Zoran Blažević, Dragan Poljak, Mario Cvetković, Simple Transmission Line Representation of Tesla Coil
- Aleksandar Marinčić, Zorica Civrić, Bratislav Milovanović, Nikola Tesla’s Contributions to Radio Developments
See also
- Electrical engineeringElectrical engineeringElectrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
- HistoryHistoryHistory is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
- ElectronicsElectronicsElectronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
- Tesla coilTesla coilA Tesla coil is a type of resonant transformer circuit invented by Nikola Tesla around 1891. It is used to produce high voltage, low current, high frequency alternating current electricity. Tesla coils produce higher current than the other source of high voltage discharges, electrostatic machines...
- Electric currentElectric currentElectric current is a flow of electric charge through a medium.This charge is typically carried by moving electrons in a conductor such as wire...
- Alternating currentAlternating currentIn alternating current the movement of electric charge periodically reverses direction. In direct current , the flow of electric charge is only in one direction....
- ExperimentExperimentAn experiment is a methodical procedure carried out with the goal of verifying, falsifying, or establishing the validity of a hypothesis. Experiments vary greatly in their goal and scale, but always rely on repeatable procedure and logical analysis of the results...
- High voltageHigh voltageThe term high voltage characterizes electrical circuits in which the voltage used is the cause of particular safety concerns and insulation requirements...
Further reading
- Richard Hull, (1993). The Tesla Coil Builder's Guide to The Colorado Springs Notes of Nikola Tesla. Tesla Coil Builders of Richmond.
- Margaret Cheney, (2001). Tesla: Man Out of TimeTesla: Man Out of TimeTesla: Man Out of Time is a biography of Nikola Tesla by Margaret Cheney-Description:Tesla: Man Out of Time describes the life of Nikola Tesla. Tesla laid the foundation for the rotating magnetic field, alternating current devices, robotics, computers, and missile science. Cheney details Tesla's...
. 400 pages. - Margaret Cheney, Robert Uth, Jim Glenn (1999). Tesla, Master of Lightning. 184 pages.
- Carol Dommermuth-Costa (1994). Nikola Tesla: A Spark of Genius. 128 pages.
- Thomas Valone (2002). Harnessing the Wheelwork of Nature: Tesla's Science of Energy. 288 pages.
- David Lindsay (2005). Madness in the Making: The Triumphant Rise & Untimely Fall of America's Show Inventors.