title: The Complete Patents of Nikola Tesla
author: Jim Glenn
description: "The Complete Patents of Nikola Tesla" brings together in one volume all of Tesla's patents issued in the United States. These patents have been arranged in chronological order by date of application. This presentation offers new meaning to Tesla's work by providing a logical sequence of the inventor's thought processes in the development of new principles, some of which are still in advance of today's technology.
zlib_text: TESLA'S DEATH RAY 
  A RECONSTRUCTIVE POSTULATE 
  SY TIMOTHY VENTU RA 
  INTRODUCTION, 
  Nikola Tesla, the practical inventor of the alternating current, the 
  Tesla-Coil, and over 700 other patented inventions, is also known for his 
  assertion ta have invented a method of projecting on extremely patent 
  'death-ray' Ihrough spoce la destroy predetermined targets. 
  The July 11, 1934 issue of the New York Times ran a story concerning 
  this supposed invention of his, which he claimed ta be powerful enough 
  destroy, '10,000 planes 250 miles awaY ... without a trace: 
  "My apparatus projects portides which may be relatively large or of 
  microscopic dimensions, enabling us ta convey ta a small area at a great 
  distance trillions of times more energy thon is possible with rays of any kind, 
  Many thousands of horsepower con thus be transmilted by a stream 
  thinner thon a hoir, sa that nothing con resist: 
  "Teleforce, sa id Tesla, was based on four new inventions, of which 
  Iwo had already been tested: