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George Belden Trinkaus (tring' kis), writer, publisher. Born (1936) Pittsburgh. In his youth, a basement electrical experimenter and a novice-class ham. Formally educated at Mercersberg Academy, at Colgate University, (BA, 1959), and at New York University (where his pursuit of an MA yielded to a "grand tour" of Europe). In New York he was a free-lance medical writer, and writer for the Encyclopedia Americana (where he wrote short entries in a telegraphic style honored here). Held various staff editorial and administrative posts at Holt, Rinehart & Winston, at Harcourt Brace, at Random House, and at Macmillan. Editorial areas included electronics, industrial technology, linguistics, lexicography. Macmillan transferred him to California (1971), and he remains on the West Coast.
'''George Belden Trinkaus''' (born 1936) is an American writer and publisher best known for a series of popular booklets on the electrical technology of [[Nikola Tesla]], issued through his imprint High Voltage Press. His titles include ''[[Tesla: The Lost Inventions]]'', ''[[Tesla Coil]]'', ''[[Son of Tesla Coil]]'', and ''[[Radio Tesla: The Secret of Teslas Radio and Wireless Power|Radio Tesla]]''.


He is the author (as George Belden) of an early consumerist book, ''Tactics of the Bill Collector and How to Fight Back'' (Grosset & Dunlap, 1974). The book was attacked by the Massachusetts Bar, reviewed as a social phenomenon by ''The New Republic'', and as news by UPI; also it was grist for the radio-TV media mill, was serialized in ''Family Circle'', and was a mass paperback from Ace. He was a book-review writer for ''The L.A. Free Press'' and the book-review editor at ''The Hollywood Daily News''. He was a founder and director of Bookswest, the L.A. Book Fair, and editor and publisher of ''BooksWest Magazine'', an alternative magazine of the book industry, in which he published many leading writers of the time and for which he wrote "The Title Glut," on overproduction and market control in the book industry, which was nominated for article of the year 1978 by the American Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Committee. Moved from L.A. to Ojai, California (1980). Arrested four times in civil disobedience actions on nuclear and war issues, defendant in the "Pt. Mugu 12" trial, a media spokes to the world press at the Diablo Canyon nuke blockade of 1981. He was a community spokes for the Ojai resistance to the USA Petrochem refinery expansion and the community rep on the Ventura County EIR committee on this issue (which was ultimately resolved by the shut-down of the refinery). Campaign manager for candidate for Ojai City Council. Many public speeches and radio interviews as a spokes for all the above projects.
==Biography==
Trinkaus was born in 1936 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In his youth he was a basement electrical experimenter and a novice-class amateur radio operator. He was educated at Mercersburg Academy and at Colgate University, from which he received a BA in 1959, and he later pursued an MA at New York University before undertaking an extended tour of Europe.


In mid-1980's Trinkaus came upon a collection of Nikola Tesla's U.S. patents which someone had xeroxed at the National Archives. This prompted his study of Tesla's electric technology. Rediscovered long-neglected scientific passions, set up an electrical lab, and, over the years 1986-2000, researched, wrote, and published ''Tesla the Lost Inventions'', ''Tesla Coil'', ''Son of Tesla Coil'', and ''Radio Tesla''. Also edited ''Tesla's The True Wireless'' and the U.S. Navy's ''Magnetic Amplifiers''. All are in print from his High Voltage Press ([http://www.teslapress.com/ <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">www.teslapress.com</span>]<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">) and are being published in e-book by Wheelock Mountain Press (</span>[http://www.tesla-ebooks.com/ <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">www.tesla-ebooks.com</span>]<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">). In Oregon since 1989, he was a founder of the Portland Tesla Technology Roundtable. A skeptical fascination with the workings of modern media prompted his writing and publishing, under the imprint Counter-Propaganda Press, the documentary critiques called ''How the Chronicle Invented AIDS'' (</span>[http://www.whatisaids.com/ <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">www.whatisaids.com</span>]<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">) and ''[http://www.teslapress.com/nbc_web_version.html NBC Spins 911]''.</span>
In New York he worked as a free-lance medical writer and as a contributor to the ''Encyclopedia Americana''. He held staff editorial and administrative posts at Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Harcourt Brace, Random House, and Macmillan, working in editorial areas that included electronics, industrial technology, linguistics, and lexicography. In 1971 Macmillan transferred him to California, and he has remained on the West Coast since.


"Trinkaus was the editor of a series of electronics books for the schools for a major New York publisher. But now he confesses that he never really understood how electricity works until he studied Tesla. He is the author of a series of Tesla titles&nbsp;published by High Voltage Press." - <em>Amazon</em>
Under the name George Belden he wrote an early consumer-advocacy book, ''Tactics of the Bill Collector and How to Fight Back'' (Grosset & Dunlap, 1974), which was serialized in ''Family Circle'' and reissued as a mass-market paperback by Ace. He worked as a book-review writer for the ''L.A. Free Press'' and as book-review editor at the ''Hollywood Daily News''. He was a founder and director of BooksWest, the Los Angeles Book Fair, and editor and publisher of ''BooksWest Magazine'', an alternative magazine of the book industry. His article "The Title Glut," on overproduction and market control in book publishing, was nominated for article of the year in 1978 by the American Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Committee.


"The series by George Trinkaus is the only systematic treatment of Tesla Technology for the electrical nonexpert I have found. All of the booklets are written in clear English, well illustrated, and use a minimum of math. Easy to understand, I have personally seen one novice build a Tesla Coil using the Tesla Coil booklet... and junk parts! I give it THUMBS UP!" - <em>Steve Elswick</em>
Trinkaus moved from Los Angeles to Ojai, California, in 1980, where he was active in local environmental and anti-nuclear causes. He has lived in Oregon since 1989.


High Voltage Press<br />PO Box 1525, Portland, OR 97207 USA<br />tesla@teslapress.com <br />877-263-1215
==Work==
In the mid-1980s Trinkaus came upon a collection of Nikola Tesla's U.S. patents that had been copied at the National Archives, which prompted his study of Tesla's electrical technology. He set up an electrical laboratory and, over the years 1986–2000, researched, wrote, and published ''Tesla: The Lost Inventions'', ''Tesla Coil'', ''Son of Tesla Coil'', and ''Radio Tesla''. He also edited an edition of Tesla's ''The True Wireless'' and the U.S. Navy manual ''Magnetic Amplifiers''. The titles present Tesla's high-frequency and high-voltage work for the non-specialist reader in plain English with a minimum of mathematics, and are issued by his High Voltage Press and in electronic editions by Wheelock Mountain Press. In Oregon he was a founder of the Portland Tesla Technology Roundtable.
 
Under the imprint Counter-Propaganda Press, Trinkaus also wrote and published the media critiques ''How the Chronicle Invented AIDS'' and ''NBC Spins 911''.


==Books==
==Books==
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* 1988 - "[[Tesla: The Lost Inventions]]" ([http://www.amazon.com/Tesla-Lost-Inventions-George-Trinkaus/dp/0970961820/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236807945&sr=1-1 Read in full])
* 1988 - "[[Tesla: The Lost Inventions]]" ([http://www.amazon.com/Tesla-Lost-Inventions-George-Trinkaus/dp/0970961820/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236807945&sr=1-1 Read in full])
* 1919/1998 - "[[Tesla: The True Wireless]]" ([http://www.amazon.com/Tesla-True-Wireless-Nikola/dp/0970961847/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1236880210&sr=11-1 Read in full])
* 1919/1998 - "[[Tesla: The True Wireless]]" ([http://www.amazon.com/Tesla-True-Wireless-Nikola/dp/0970961847/ref=sr_11_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1236880210&sr=11-1 Read in full])
==External links==
* [http://www.teslapress.com/ High Voltage Press (teslapress.com)]
* [http://www.tesla-ebooks.com/ Wheelock Mountain Press e-books (tesla-ebooks.com)]
* [http://www.whatisaids.com/ How the Chronicle Invented AIDS (whatisaids.com)]
* [http://www.teslapress.com/nbc_web_version.html NBC Spins 911]


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George B. Trinkaus
Born(1936-01-01)January 1, 1936
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
ResidencePortland, OR, United States
NationalityUSA
Known forTesla
Scientific career
FieldsAuthor, Independent Researcher

George Belden Trinkaus (born 1936) is an American writer and publisher best known for a series of popular booklets on the electrical technology of Nikola Tesla, issued through his imprint High Voltage Press. His titles include Tesla: The Lost Inventions, Tesla Coil, Son of Tesla Coil, and Radio Tesla.

Biography

Trinkaus was born in 1936 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In his youth he was a basement electrical experimenter and a novice-class amateur radio operator. He was educated at Mercersburg Academy and at Colgate University, from which he received a BA in 1959, and he later pursued an MA at New York University before undertaking an extended tour of Europe.

In New York he worked as a free-lance medical writer and as a contributor to the Encyclopedia Americana. He held staff editorial and administrative posts at Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Harcourt Brace, Random House, and Macmillan, working in editorial areas that included electronics, industrial technology, linguistics, and lexicography. In 1971 Macmillan transferred him to California, and he has remained on the West Coast since.

Under the name George Belden he wrote an early consumer-advocacy book, Tactics of the Bill Collector and How to Fight Back (Grosset & Dunlap, 1974), which was serialized in Family Circle and reissued as a mass-market paperback by Ace. He worked as a book-review writer for the L.A. Free Press and as book-review editor at the Hollywood Daily News. He was a founder and director of BooksWest, the Los Angeles Book Fair, and editor and publisher of BooksWest Magazine, an alternative magazine of the book industry. His article "The Title Glut," on overproduction and market control in book publishing, was nominated for article of the year in 1978 by the American Library Association's Intellectual Freedom Committee.

Trinkaus moved from Los Angeles to Ojai, California, in 1980, where he was active in local environmental and anti-nuclear causes. He has lived in Oregon since 1989.

Work

In the mid-1980s Trinkaus came upon a collection of Nikola Tesla's U.S. patents that had been copied at the National Archives, which prompted his study of Tesla's electrical technology. He set up an electrical laboratory and, over the years 1986–2000, researched, wrote, and published Tesla: The Lost Inventions, Tesla Coil, Son of Tesla Coil, and Radio Tesla. He also edited an edition of Tesla's The True Wireless and the U.S. Navy manual Magnetic Amplifiers. The titles present Tesla's high-frequency and high-voltage work for the non-specialist reader in plain English with a minimum of mathematics, and are issued by his High Voltage Press and in electronic editions by Wheelock Mountain Press. In Oregon he was a founder of the Portland Tesla Technology Roundtable.

Under the imprint Counter-Propaganda Press, Trinkaus also wrote and published the media critiques How the Chronicle Invented AIDS and NBC Spins 911.

Books

External links

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