Nikola Tesla Process Paper

Nikola Tesla:
The Man of Lightning
By David Gleaton
Senior Individual Website
Process Paper
During a visit to the Mary Brogan Museum, I learned about the Tesla Coil and
how it had aided Thomas Edison with his inventions. Nikola Teslas discoveries with the
alternating current (AC) were foundational to Edisons development of the light bulb. As
I read more about his like and multiple inventions, I decided he would become the topic
of my project.
Using todays technology I watched various YouTube videos portraying his
inventions. I used the search engine of Google to investigate the different areas of Teslas
research and discoveries. Owning a personal laptop, I had the opportunity to conduct
research on Nikola Tesla.
Over the last few years I have chosen to create an individual website, since it
allows me to use my personal creativity. This type of project removes my dependency on
other people to do their part of the task so I can complete it on a timely basis. I have
chosen to follow the website layout provided by my history teacher.
Nikola Teslas genius came from a position of intrigue. He noticed small events
that led to great discoveries. Tesla would sit for hours watching an electrical storm. His
patient observations provided him with important information regarding the conduction
and flow of electricity. The development of the Tesla Coils was a result of his consistent
and deliberate research. As a strong leader in scientific discoveries, Tesla demonstrated
the principles of leadership in areas of research and creative inventions. He was
courageous and not afraid to fail which was exemplified in his Wardenclyffe endeavors.
His financial backers did not appreciate his generous nature; therefore his development of
free energy was dismissed. Tesla set a standard and encouraged others to attain and
even surpass it. The Man of Lightning left a legacy of leadership in the realm of
inventions. Todays world has benefitted greatly from this mans lifetime of work.
Annotated List of Works Consulted

Primary Sources
Burton, Harry Payne. "'We'll Telephone to Stars!' Declares Scientist Nikola Tesla." The
Day Book [Chicago] 13 Oct. 1915: n. pag. Library of Congress. Web. 25 Jan.
2015. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045487/1915-10-13/ed-1/seq14/#date1=1836&index=1&date2=1922&searchType=advanced&language=&seq
uence=0&lccn=&words=NIKOLA+Nikola+TESLA+Tesla&proxdistance=5&stat
e=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=nikola+tesla&andtext=&dateFilter
Type=yearRange&page=1>. This newspaper lets Nikola Tesla talk about his
relations and discoveries with the ether and other theories that involve wireless
transmission.
Edgren. "Tesla's 1922 Future Tech Predictions." The Morning Tulsa Daily World [Tulsa]
14 May 1922: n. pag. Primary Source Nexus. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.
<http://primarysourcenexus.org/2013/08/featured-source-teslas-1922-future-techpredictions/>. This newspaper lets Tesla talk about his newest discoveries with
wireless transmission and what it could be used for in future years.
Nikola Tesla on his work with alternating currents. PBS, n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2014.
<http://www.pbs.org/tesla/res/res_art07.html>. Nikola Tesla shows the
applications for wireless telegraphy, telephony, and transmission of power. All of
which could have changed the world if he was funded enough to make them on a
larger scale.
Psn, Barat. "Hello, Earth! Hello!" Tomahawk: n. pag. TPS Barat. Web. 11 Dec. 2014.
<http://primarysourcenexus.org/2014/12/featured-source-hello-earth-hello/>. This
newsletter tells me the relationship between Tesla and his rival, Marconi. Even
though Marconi was his Rival, he still respected him.
Tesla, Nikola. Complete Patents of Nikola Tesla. N.p.: n.p., n.d. N. pag. Print. This book
tells me what kind of inventions he wanted patented and how involved he was
with perfecting the efficiency of electricity.
- - -. "My Inventions." My Inventions 1919: n. pag. Print. Toward the end of his life, Tesla
made this article to show how his successes promoted his leadership and legacy
for future inventors.
- - -. "A New System of Alternate Current, Motors and Transformers." PBS. N.p., n.d.
Web. 24 Jan. 2015. <http://www.pbs.org/tesla/res/res_art02.html>. This article
was read before the American Institute of Electrical Engineers on May 16, 1888.
Tesla talked about the major appliances that his alternate current could provide
such as motors and transformers.
- - -. "Nikola Tesla Presenting His Inventions." Resources-Selected Tesla Articles. PBS,
n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2014. <http://www.pbs.org/tesla/res/res_art07.html>. Nikola
Tesla is being interviewed by members of a council in terms of discussing his
inventions. This shows how persevering of a man he was.
- - -. Tesla's Recorded Speech. YouTube. Google, n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2015.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI0eZdw0_AM>. This recording of Nikola
Tesla tells of his beliefs that there is enough cosmic electricity to replace all of the
resources we use today.
Tesla, Nikola, and David Hatcher Childress. The Fantastic Inventions of Nikola Tesla.
N.p.: Bellevue, n.d. Print. This book helped show how important Nikola Tesla is
in today's society. The information shown in this book can help future inventors
take on Tesla's work.
Secondary Sources
Cheney, Margaret. Tesla: Man out of Time. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1981. Print.
This book served as an overview of Tesla's life. It was filled with quotes of him
and how he inspired others.
Davidson, Alan. "Early Pioneers - Nikola Tesla." Alternative Energy. Alternative Energy,
n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2015. <http://www.altenergy.org/new_energy/tesla.html>. This
website talks about how much Tesla has changed our future with the discovery of
the magnetic field, which was later used in his alternating current motors.
FBI Records of Nikola Tesla. Federal Bureau of Investigation, n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2014.
<http://vault.fbi.gov/nikola-tesla/nikola-tesla-part-01-of-01/view>. This is a
secondary source and a website about information on the items the FBI
confiscated after Nikola Tesla's death. These documents tell me how high of a
priority his inventions were to not reach the public.
Huston, James. "Classifying 'Sources' for Clarity in Teaching." The History Teacher vol.
22, no. 2 (February 1989): 139 - 144. http://www.jstor.org/stable/493968
(accessed November 20, 2008).
Lyne, William R. "Summation of Tesla's Dynamic Theory of Gravity." Netowne. N.p.,

n.d. Web. 24 Jan. 2015. <http://netowne.com/technology/important/>. I found this
source helpful with summarizing the Theory of Gravity by Nikola Tesla.
"Mysterious Tunguska Explosion of 1908 in Siberia may be linked to Tesla's experiments
of wireless transmission." Tesla Memorial Society of New York. Tesla Society, n.d.
Web. 25 Jan. 2015. <http://www.teslasociety.com/tunguska.htm>. This website
provided me insight as to what Tesla meant when he said he could make a
wireless transmission of energy to any place on Earth.
Newhall, Marissa. "Top 11 Things You Didnt Know about Nikola Tesla." Top 11 Things
You Didnt Know about Nikola Tesla. energy.gov, 2013. Web. 5 Nov. 2014.
<http://energy.gov/articles/top-11-things-you-didnt-know-about-nikola-tesla>.
This is a Secondary Source and a website. This source helped me recognize
Telsa's brilliance and how much he now affects our way of life.
"Nikola Tesla." Nikola Tesla - Inventions. History, n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 2014.
<http://www.history.com/topics/inventions/nikola-tesla>. This is a Secondary
Source and a website. This source helped me learn more about Nikola tesla and
what he did to become the man everyone looked up to.
Tesla, Nikola. Colorado Springs Notes, 1899-1900. Comp. and ed. Aleksandar Marincic
and Vojin Popovic. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print. This book tells what Tesla did when he
went to Colorado Springs to conduct research of wireless transmission.
- - -. "Tesla-Westinghouse Niagra Falls Power Plant." Tesla Memorial Society of New
York. Tesla Society, n.d. Web. 24 Jan. 2015.
<http://www.teslasociety.com/exhibition.htm>. This source helps me know what
kind of the partnership and brilliant ideas Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse
had during their experiments at the Niagra Falls Power Plant.

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Annotated List of Works Consulted

Lyne, William R. "Summation of Tesla's Dynamic Theory of Gravity." Netowne. N.p.,

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