Editorial - The New Inventions of Tesla

The address made by Dr. Nikola Tesla before the New York Section of the National Electric Light Association this week, and reported upon other pages of this issue, is one which will attract great attention on account of the startling statements which were made by the speaker. Mr. Tesla has been working upon the inventions now announced for a number of years, and while it is impossible to estimate their importance until further details are made known, the claims made for transmitting energy and speech to great distances point to an epoch-making discovery.

The experiments made by Dr. Tesla upon high-frequency and high-potential currents about twenty years ago were most illuminating and opened a field of vast possibilities to both the scientist and the engineer - a field which is still being explored. His other discoveries have attracted considerable attention, and this latest announcement bids fair to prove the most important of all.

Aside from his work on electrical oscillations, Dr. Tesla has invented and constructed a prime mover for which remarkable results are claimed. This engine is said to deliver ten horsepower for each pound of weight, a ratio which will mean revolution in the fields of the automobile and the flying machine.

The scientific and technical world will eagerly await the further demonstration of all these possibilities, for their practical realization will mean a most important step forward in electrical and mechanical engineering.