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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