Nikola Tesla Articles
Claims of Moore, Tesla and Edison - Editorial
There has been a good deal of talk of late about what Edison and Tesla are about to do in the way of astonishing the world with their discoveries in electric lighting, but thus far there have been no practical results made public. However, we are encouraged in the belief that each of the gentlemen named has something up his sleeve which, after the manner of Herrmann, he proposes to flash upon the public at a propitious moment. With owl-like wisdom an eastern contemporary sagely remarks: "We cannot hesitate to express our positive conviction that the introduction of a more perfect illuminant is near at hand." Well, well! How very definite, to be sure!
In the meantime, while Edison and Tesla are talking about their plans, or rather their friends are talking for them, D. MacFarlan Moore is going ahead and trying to accomplish something in the way of commercial utilization of the vacuum tube light with which Tesla has been experimenting so long. There are many prominent engineers who agree with the views expressed by Mr. Wessels in his communication on this subject, which appears elsewhere in this issue. One cannot read this contribution without feeling that there is cause for criticism of the policy pursued in attaching so much importance to the vague promises that are said to emanate from the "wizard" and the "magician" of the profession, but which many are disposed to consider the product of the lively imagination possessed by a newspaper writer who furnishes popular electrical stories to metropolitan dailies.
