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Nikola Tesla's experiments

Tesla's alternating-current inventions and 1890s electrical experiments drew notice. Newspaper pages from 1888 to 1900 on a map and timeline.

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3348 matching newspaper pages in total. New York, NY has the most hits (215 pages). Showing up to 10 earliest results from this city.

  1. New-York Tribune — 1889-02-10, page 11

    … BROADWAY 14TH ST. FAILURE T0 ACCOUNT 10 A PARTNER. $UIT FOB THE PROCEEDS OF AN ELECTRICAL INVENTION. Trenton, N. J., Feb, 9.—Thomas Lesming, of Phila delphia, with Charles …

    … as partners. The bill gives a history of the transactions of the parties In 1887 Nikola Tesla was engaged in making experi ments in the direct application of heat In car motors …

  2. New-York Tribune — 1890-03-19, page 12

    … Organization of weekly with ex chadr, Tho andl thus fas number of new mem La A MEETING OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS. The Institute of Electrical met, last night club-house of the American Soclety of Civil Engineers, at No. 127 …

    … , the following members discussed it: Professor W. A. Anthony, H. Ward Leonard, Nicola Tesla and 5. 8S. Wheeler. The next meeting will be held at Columbia College, on Wednes …

    … Elthu Thompson, of Lynn, Mass., will dellver a lecture and make tests with the electrical apparatus used by him at the Paris Exposition, American Lugineers in the 100 persons …

  3. The Evening World — 1891-05-23, page 1

    The Library of Congress text does not contain the match. It was found in American Stories (Dell et al. 2023), a second machine reading of the scans. OCR credits.

    These excerpts come from American Stories OCR.

    … Cochrane. | observe that the electricians who witnessed the experiments Of Prof. Nicola Tesla at the | session of the Amer. can Institute OF Electrical Engineers the other night have found food for reelection in the lalters demonstrations …

  4. The Evening World — 1891-05-23, page 2

    … Cochrane. I observe that the electricians who witnessed the expcrlmeuls ot Prof. Nicola Tesla at tho tesslou ot tae Amir.can Institute of Electrical Engineers the otaer night, have found food for reflection In the lsiter's demonstrations …

    … allowing himself to leceve 2SU.0O0 volts ot e.ectrtciiy without apparent Injury. rrof. Tesla, I understand, la trying to appro priate some of the force that sends the Rarth …

  5. The Sun — 1892-03-13, page 17

    … rJMttKABVnABJ.B 'umtsed '" Hi "'fORCK - 'l Herllaerta rrfiet oflla Control W.aUe4 y the Electrical OlaeoTtriea ofNIeola Testa, From the MmAttntX ftfirwry. On Wednesday, the 3d of …

    … howovor distant, of some da y so guiding the other storm, that tho experiments or Nicola Tesla aro of such transcoDdont lntur est and importance. Prof. Crookes, In his experiments …

    … into which we have not yet been able to penetrate. Now for tho advances made by Tesla. In all the aboyo experiments tho olectriolty by whloh tho directing force wob …

  6. The Sun — 1892-03-13, page 21

    The Library of Congress text does not contain the match. It was found in American Stories (Dell et al. 2023), a second machine reading of the scans. OCR credits.

    These excerpts come from American Stories OCR.

    … ., IIt bewiiAering Prospect ofts Control Raised ~ the Eleetrscal Discoveries or Nicola Tesla. On Wednesday. the Sd OF February. the Royal Institution was crowded with one OF …

    … audiences In the world. who were held spellbound for more than two hours while Mr.. Tesla gave an account OF his dlscovcries. Mr. Tesla 10 young electrician born atRieka. on the border ofMontenegro and low domtciled …

    … We shall have at our dis posal forces as %t as tSs bow sTucs se II fact. as Nj. Tesla put it in his lecture. w. Of Il Is I'll TO h sh9 out 70 u.s. hope. however distant …

  7. The Sun — 1892-04-21, page 6

    … electricians of this coantrr are often ahead, far ahead, of thoso of any other countrr. In electrical Invention. Let PrvrxR nsk Edison1 or Tesla about electrloat cabbages and hay presses and ploughs and esc cromoters and talking …

  8. The Sun — 1892-04-24, page 16

    … Krocht Mown to t! tnw the Khy-Ta t Davsmor Manifold rneslblllllea Htrtmltd, B'i Nikola Tesla's production of an aurora. In Bf. the lent uro rooms ot New Vork. London, and E …

    … electric Bi; spark to magnitude and ooatlnulty has been a I j I Jn&m Wl 8 MKOLA TESLA, W I task whloh thoo many years has occupied an "ft- j? army of Inventors. In their …

    … length. Doolopcd In form. ; I the induction coll has been Indispensable in g5' f Tesla's o.porimonts. His work has distinctly ft & divorced from tho lino of Investigation …

  9. The Sun — 1892-04-24, page 20

    The Library of Congress text does not contain the match. It was found in American Stories (Dell et al. 2023), a second machine reading of the scans. OCR credits.

    These excerpts come from American Stories OCR.

    … q. f. are suitable transiating devices. THE VAN vLECK SCHEME FOR SUPPLYING THE TESLA EFFECT. ARC AND 1NCANDEsCENT LAMPS. AND MOTORS. FROM THE SAME SYSTEM. Phosphorus …

    … he produces tiuorescence Of q new brilliancy. AN ELECTRIC COLUMBUS. In bringing electrical vibrations nearer to the frequency Of lisht than any other inventor continent foE …

    … vessel. And in ocean service OF mailing through the cables. there IS promise that Tesla's q par atus can 10 usofully enlisted. sa the Atlantic ssf snd an HT device which …

  10. New-York Tribune — 1892-05-24, page 6

    … pupils, some hundreds of whom cime from the United states, ult TUE DAY. THE TALK to Nikola Tesla, the electrician, the new increase the According vv of earbornndum, whi largely …

    … mentions electric Lys operated without any wires at all, an inexhaustibl ome of electrical energy n tap everywhere without need of eliher generation or tansmi and a light …

    … at least twenty umes more efficient than that now furnished. In speaking of Mr. Tesla's article, The Pittsburg Dispatch’ says: Cfhers are more tangible though somewhat …

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