Nikola Teslas Autobiography（尼古拉·特斯拉的自传）.pdf

This file may be freely redistributed as long as the original wording is not modified. My Inventions Nikola Teslas Autobiography At the age of 63 Tesla tells the story of his creative life. First published in 1919 in the Electrical Experimenter magaz ine Table of Contents I. My Early Life II. My First Efforts At Invention III. My Later Endeavors IV. The Discovery of the Tesla Coil and Transformer V. The Magnifying Transmitter VI. The Art of Telautomatics I. My Early Life The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention. It is the most important product of his creative brain. Its ultimate purpose is the complete mastery of mind over the material world, the harnessing of the forces of nature to human needs. This is the difficult task of the inventor who is often misunderstood and unrewarded. But he finds ample compensation in the pleasing exercises of his powers and in the knowledge of being one of that exceptionally privileged class without whom the race would have long ago perished in the bitter struggle against pitiless elements. Speaking for myself, I have already had more than my full measure of this exquisite enjoyment, so much that for many years my life was little short of continuous rapture. I am credited with being one of the hardest workers and perhaps I am, if thought is the equivalent of labor, for I have devoted to it almost all of my waking hours. But if work is interpreted to be a definite performance in a specified time according to a rigid rule, then I may be the worst of idlers. Every effort under compulsion demands a sacrifice of life-energy. I never paid such a price. On the contrary, I have thrived on my thoughts. In attempting to give a connected and faithful account of my activities in this series of articles which will be presented with the assistance of the Editors of the ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTER and are chiefly addrest to our young men readers, I must dwell, however