Oct 20, 2009 - Sale 2190

Sale 2190 - Lot 184

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TESLA, NIKOLA. Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency. A Lecture delivered before the Institution of Electrical Engineers, London. Frontispiece portrait of Tesla. Small 8vo, original cloth, spine ends bumped; owner's signature on front pastedown, contents otherwise clean. New York, 1892

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first edition in book form; also published serially in The Electrical Engineer. Tesla gave his first lecture on high frequency alternating current before the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in 1891. "This lecture, coupled with a spectacular demonstration . . . made him famous. He repeated his performance in Europe to great acclaim, and enjoyed international celebrity"--DSB XIII, 287.