Patent · 1889 · age 33

US Patent 413353: Method Of Obtaining Direct From Alternating Currents

Kept from patents.google.com · 1 file · 87 KBCall number TES PT1889.07

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Source: patents.google.com
Retrieved: 1 October 2026
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Rights: Public domainPatent text by Tesla, who died in 1943.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.
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Cite as: Nikola Tesla, US Patent 413353: Method Of Obtaining Direct From Alternating Currents (1889). Long Keeping, call number TES PT1889.07. https://longkeeping.com/nikola-tesla/us-patent-413353-method-of-obtaining-direct-from-alternating/

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