. The inventions : researches and writing of Nikola Tesla, with special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting . iMC. 1- Fici. 1S8. tending, ill till-art nf iiicaudcscciit lighriiig. Id \ ii-w this ivsiiltin one as])(ct niilv, it has been coiiimoiilv ciiiisidiTcd as an essen-tial r((|nirini(nt for practical sncciss, tiiat the lanip tilanicntshonld be thin and of high resistanci. Hiit now wf know thatthe resistance of the tilanieiil to the steadv llow i\{^v> not meananything; the filiinient might as well lie short and thick ; tor if ithe immersed in i-arelied
. The inventions : researches and writing of Nikola Tesla, with special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting . iMC. 1- Fici. 1S8. tending, ill till-art nf iiicaudcscciit lighriiig. Id \ ii-w this ivsiiltin one as])(ct niilv, it has been coiiimoiilv ciiiisidiTcd as an essen-tial r((|nirini(nt for practical sncciss, tiiat the lanip tilanicntshonld be thin and of high resistanci. Hiit now wf know thatthe resistance of the tilanieiil to the steadv llow i\{^v> not meananything; the filiinient might as well lie short and thick ; tor if ithe immersed in i-arelied i^as it will become incandescent bv thepassage of 11 small cuirenl. It all (lc|»iiidN on the fre. We ma\ conclnde t lom thi-, it :m lyVEATIOKS OF NIKOLA TESLA. would be of ailvantage, so far as the laiuj) is coiisiilered, to em-ploy hi^li frequencies for liglitinui^, as they allow the use of shortand thiek filaments and smaller currents. If a wire or Ulament be immersed in a homogeneous medium, allthe heating is due to true conduction current, but if it be enclosedin an exhausted vessel th
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