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Re: Tesla Museum




From: 	Alfred A. Skrocki[SMTP:alfred.skrocki-at-cybernetworking-dot-com]
Sent: 	Tuesday, November 25, 1997 2:05 AM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: Tesla Museum

On Tuesday, November 18, 1997 3:55 PM Thomas McGahee
[SMTP:tom_mcgahee-at-sigmais-dot-com] wrote;

> > From:  Bert Hickman[SMTP:bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com]
> > Reply To:  bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com
> > Sent:  Monday, November 17, 1997 9:05 AM
> > To:  Tesla List
> > Subject:  Re: Tesla Museum
> > 
> > All, 
> > 
> > Richard Hull mentioned problems with selling of archives from the Tesla
> > Museum by members of the staff. I just may have run into a sample of
> > this material that may have made its way over here on Bibliofind:
> > 
> > TESLA, NIKOLA.: Nikola Tesla. Lectures, Patents, Articles. ; TESLA
> > MUSEUM, 1956. VG, Beograd, Yugoslavia: Tesla Museum, 1956. 4to. Or.cl
> > (XX,168,456,200,20pp.). With 17 full-page photographs and 100's of
> > text-illusts. NOTE: Tesla (1856-1943). Physicist and electrical
> > engineer, born in Prague. Migrated to the USA in 1884. He left the
> > Edison Works and Menlo Park to concentrate on his own electrical
> > inventions., SCIENCE SCIENCE PHYSICS ELECTRICITY RADIO OCCULT  
> > (UR#:BOOKS018073I)  Offered for sale by Bryan Matthews at US$350.00
> > 
> > Bryan Matthews, 742 North Cherokee Avenue, , Hollywood, CA 90038-3506
> > Tel: Fax: Email Address: cmatthe1-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-com Credit Cards: Returns
> > Policy: Returnable. Shipping: $3.00 for first item, $1.00 for each
> > additional item.
> > 
> > 
> > -- Bert --
> > 
> 
> Bert,
> The above is a book published by the Tesla Museum. I have an original
> of this book in my possession :) It is an excellent book for anyone
> really interested in Tesla. It is not stuff about Tesla, but stuff
> Tesla himself wrote. It includes most of his lectures patents and
> articles, as the title suggests.
> 
> There are rip-offs of this book available, but the originals are rare.
> The originals are in a brown and black leather binding with a sort of
> spiral design embossed into the front cover.
> 
> I doubt if Bryan Matthews is selling a "stolen" copy of the book.

They may not have stolen the book but their price is highway robbery!
I purchased my origional copy directly from the Museum in Yugoslavia about 
20 years ago for about $45.00 BTW Lindsay's and several other so called 
re-printing houses have been selling boot-leg copies of this book.

 
                               Sincerely

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