@engineers_feed (1) This patent was one in a series of Tesla's patents in which he explored methods of power transmission, and electrical power communication methods.
Tesla performed primary research with both High Voltage and High Frequency systems.
@engineers_feed (2) An analysis of Nikola Tesla's work during this time period can be found at the URL below, in a year 2000 paper by André Waser:
researchgate.net/publication/28…
@engineers_feed (3) Tesla looked at coupling the power source and sink using a variety of methods, include a vacuum tube, as shown below.
@engineers_feed (4) Tesla patented an alternate design for his power transmitter in 1902 that was issued in 1914.
@engineers_feed (5) The flat coil with an iron core design that he experimented with at that time appeared in several of his patents.
It appears to be a distribution transformer. The load center on the right is a primitive substation servicing resistive loads like lights and motors.
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