Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "Nikola Tesla" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
coil, Edison, electricity, invention, lamp, Niagara, ray, Tesla.
Using the full name Nikola Tesla is not as effective, as many contemporaries referred to him as Dr. Tesla or simply Tesla.
Since Tesla had a long and varied career, it is helpful to use inventions as search terms.
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"A Man of the Future"
The Times (Richmond, VA), October 21,1894, Page 2, Image 2, col. 1.
"The Electrical Magician"
Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha, NE), April 14, 1895, Part 1, Page 10, Image 10, col. 4.
"The X-Ray Wonders"
St. Paul Daily Globe (Saint Paul, MN), March 11, 1896, Page 3, Image 3, col. 4
"What are Cathode Rays?"
Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha, NE), March 15, 1896, Page 13, Image 13, col. 5.
"Strangest Man in New York"
The Salt Lake Herald (Salt Lake City, UT), June 27, 1897, Part Three, Page 17, Image 17, col. 4.
"Invention to revolutionize naval warfare"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), November 9, 1898, Page 9, Image 9, col. 1.
"Tesla’s Latest Wonder"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), November 13, 1898, Page 25, Image 25, col. 1.
"Artificial Daylight at Last Made by Tesla"
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco, CA), April 16, 1899, Page 20, Image 20, col. 1.
"Nikola Tesla Promises Communication with Mars"
The Times (Richmond, VA), January 13, 1901, Page 8, Image 8, col. 1.
"Tesla’s New Invention"
The Times (Washington, DC), February 15, 1901, Image 1, col. 5.
"Weird Doings at the Tesla Plant"
The Evening World (New York, NY), July 17, 1903, Night Edition, Page 5, Image 5, col. 2.
"Wireless Vision Seen by Tesla"
The Leavenworth Echo (Leavenworth, WA), October 22, 1915, Image 3, col. 1.

Nikola Tesla: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America