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Title
Nikola Tesla and the Graz Tech
Authors
Uwe Schichler
Josef W. Wohinz
Publisher
Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz
Location
Graz
Date
2020
Language
German
License
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
ISBN
978-3-85125-688-1
Size
20.0 x 25.0 cm
Pages
124
Category
Technik

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Table of contents

  1. Editor’s foreword 8
  2. Nikola Tesla and the Graz Tech 11
  3. The Graz Tech: A tradition of innovation 12
  4. Nikola Tesla: Milestones in his life 14
  5. Nikola Tesla: Student at the Graz Tech 20
  6. Nikola Tesla: Honorary doctor of technical sciences 28
  7. People shape the development of the Tech 37
  8. References 38
  9. Nikola Tesla: Visionary and Inventor Contributions to scientific and industrial development 41
  10. Development of electrical engineering from 1850 to 1950 42
  11. The problem of the commutator 43
  12. The rotating magnetic field: Polyphase alternating current system 43
  13. The Niagara Falls power station: Direct current or alternating current? 44
  14. High frequency, the Tesla transformer and Wardenclyffe Tower 54
  15. Remote-controlled ships and robots 62
  16. Hotel room 3327 in New York 64
  17. Tesla’s innovations: visible in the 21st century 65
  18. References 65
  19. Constant development and unrelenting progress is the goal… Stages in the development of the Universalmuseum Joanneum 67
  20. The main reasons behind its establishment and their classification in the history of museums 70
  21. Original scope 72
  22. Outline of the course of development 73
  23. The early Joanneum (1811 to 1887) 75
  24. The Joanneum from 1888 to 2002 82
  25. The State Museum or Universalmuseum Joanneum GmbH: Stepping out into the Future 87
  26. References 90
  27. The architecture of the high-voltage laboratory: An exciting architectural monument to technology 91
  28. Design principle 94
  29. Tasks and test facilities 97
  30. Postscript 98
  31. References 98
  32. ‘ Technology is the pride of our age’ (Peter Rosegger) A technological history of Graz in the 19th century 99
  33. References 118
  34. List of authors 120