A carefully curated library of the world's greatest literature, Dover Thrift Editions are the most affordable choice for today's readers. The series offers a vast selection of complete and unabridged titles, each a classic work of fiction, nonfiction, poetry or drama. This volume presents one of the richest collections of writing and lectures by Nikola Tesla, a founding figure of the modern electrical power industry and a longtime rival of Thomas Edison. After working for Edison's electrical company, the engineer and scientist developed his own legacy of inventions, experiments, and nearly 200 patents. Tesla contributed to and improved many scientific fields by developing the alternating-current electrical system, radio transmissions, X-ray imaging, turbines, and much more. In addition to Tesla's autobiography, My Inventions, and his essay "The Problem of Increasing Human Energy," this book features five lectures, including "A New System of Alternate Current Motors and Transformers" and "On Light' and Other High Frequency Phenomena." Book jacket.