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Nikola Tesla papers

11 sheets, 2 folded : 32 x 24 cm or smaller + · 3 letters and 2 printed documents. Mimeograph letter (2 sheets, 2 pages) from Nikola Tesla to William Birch Rankine concerning financing of Tesla's company and its new plant at Wardenclyffe, Long Island, New York. Facsimile of letter (5 sheets, 5 pages) from Tesla to the firm of Kerr, Page & Cooper, New York, asking their opinion on the validity and scope of several of Tesla's patents. Letter (2 sheets, 2 pages) from Kerr, Page & Cooper to Tesla in response. Offprint of Tesla's article "The transmission of electric energy without wires" (1 sheet, 4 unnumbered pages) with photographic illustrations of Tesla's wireless power facilities in Wardenclyffe and Colorado Springs, Colorado. Circular dated New York, 1 January 1904 (1 sheet, 3 unnumbered pages) with texts by Tesla, a list of his U.S. patents, and illustrations · Title supplied by cataloger · Contains: typed letters on unlined paper, 1 signed in black ink and accompanied by envelope with handwritten address and wax seal. Offprint article from Electrical World and Engineer, March 5, 1904. Printed circular on folded sheet · "Bartlett & Company, The Orr Press, New York"--Circular · N

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