Bibliography & Sources

This bibliography is a curated reader-facing map of the primary sources captured in the archive. The public source ledger records acquisition provenance, while the checksum index accounts for the complete payload folder.

Key Facts

The bibliography is curated; the source ledger preserves 87 acquisition records.
Primary sources are grouped by patents, proceedings, archives, government records, and press.
Secondary interpretations are useful only when separated from primary evidence.
The tools link back to this source spine rather than relying on unsupported summaries.

Patents

US381968, US390413, US447921, US454622, US613809, US645576, US649621, US723188, US725605, US787412, US1061142, US1655114.

Professional Proceedings & Lectures

AIEE Transactions Vol. V (1888) and Vol. VIII (1891).
Electrical World indexes and issues (1891).
Journal of the Franklin Institute Vol. 136 (1893).
Electrical Experimenter (1919).

Archives & Finding Aids

Library of Congress finding aid (MSS50302).
Columbia University Libraries finding aid (Nikola Tesla papers, 1894–1931).
Smithsonian NMAH finding aid (NMAH.AC.0915).
Nikola Tesla Museum archive, collections, and inventory pages.
UNESCO Memory of the World nomination forms.

Government Records

FBI Vault Tesla file (post‑1943).
U.S. Reports Vol. 320 (Marconi Wireless v. United States, 1943).

Source Log

Full acquisition details (URL, date, file type, notes) are published in the source ledger. A separate SHA-256 index accounts for all 100 payload files, including ten working derivatives and three apparent cross-project files held for migration review.

Citation Practice

Cite the narrowest available record: a patent number and PDF, an archive finding-aid title, a court case page, or a newspaper page image. If a source is a finding aid rather than a scan, say so. If a claim depends on interpretation, label that interpretation before linking it to the source.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the bibliography the full research log?

No. It is a reader-friendly public index. The internal source log contains download dates, file types, URLs, and provenance notes.

Why include both primary and secondary sources?

Primary sources anchor factual claims. Secondary sources are useful for interpretation only when clearly labeled.

Related Source Indexes

Continue with adjacent source pages and tools.

All tools

Source LedgerDownload provenance for the 100-file, checksum-indexed source corpus.Archives & CollectionsRepository map for museum, library, university, and archival holdings.Government RecordsFBI Vault files, court records, and evidence standards for suppression claims.