Essay · 1888 · age 32

A New System of Alternating Current Motors and Transformers

Kept from en.wikisource.org · 1 file · 117 KBCall number TES E1888.01

Provenance

Source: en.wikisource.org
Retrieved: 1 October 2026
Source terms (summary): Wikisource: text under CC BY-SA; terms of use apply
Rights: Public domainTesla's own text, as far as the record shows: its edition and notes name no translator or editor.Basis: author death year 1943, under a life-plus-70-years rule, as of 2026; other rules, such as the United States publication-date rules, are not assessed.
Formats: HTML
Fingerprint: 3fc74bdf83fda64e4336bb7f411acad308fe39cbaa41322a231ebde6241745f7sha256 of the file (64 characters). Any change to the file changes this code.
Cite as: Nikola Tesla, A New System of Alternating Current Motors and Transformers (1888). Long Keeping, call number TES E1888.01. https://longkeeping.com/nikola-tesla/a-new-system-of-alternating-current-motors-and-transformers/

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