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- ↑ Ralph Bergstresser (1996). Dr. Nikola Tesla: The Forgotten Super Man of Our Industrial Age. Health Research Books. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-7873-0094-4.
- ↑ Kaempffert, Waldemar (4 February 1945). "Electric Sorcerer". The New York Times . Retrieved 28 October 2015.
