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US Patent 609245: Electrical-Circuit Controller

by Nikola Tesla

Kept from patents.google.com · 1 file · 82 KBCall number TES PT1898.01

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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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Nikola Tesla, US Patent 609245: Electrical-Circuit Controller (1898). Long Keeping, call number TES PT1898.01. https://longkeeping.com/nikola-tesla/us-patent-609245-electrical-circuit-controller/
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