The 'Joule Thief'' (Pun on 'Jewel Thief')

[Nick]

Clive is still active - he was commenting today on the TCBOUK (Tesla Coil Builders of the UK) group about a free eBook on the life of Tesla...

Any chance of a link to that, Nick. I'm jiggered if I can find it.

No sooner said...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00CATSONE/ref=nosim

Its a Kindle edition, so you'll either need a Kindle or a free Kindle reader app from the Google (Android) or Apple (IOS) store...

Its a trifle sensationist - a bit random. One of the Tesla list guys read it (we are all engineers so dislike sensationalism...)

I have to say it's not the best I've read though. I don't want it to sound like a book review, but it seems to be a sycophantic review of his life, and not too factual either.
Apart from the mention of the inevitable 100 foot streamers and receiving extra-terrestrial radio messages, it seems that in his new Manhattan lab:

"Tesla's wondrous imagination led him to research the resonant frequencies of the earth. He mistakenly caused an earth quake that engulfed the surrounding city blocks, breaking windows and shaking the plaster of walls"

If he had managed that, I imagine the American CIA would have given him a blank cheque! I would certainly be building one to sort my tesla hating neighbour out for sure.

i.e. an interesting read to be taken with a LARGE pinch of salt...