Nikola Tesla Has a New Invention

Electrical Journal Says He Can Easily Transmit Great Energy.

A new development of a mechanical principle upon which Nikola Tesla is said to have been laboring for some years is described in the Electrical Review. This latest development in mechanics for which so much is claimed by friends of the inventor is based on the adhesion and viscosity of liquids and gases and is said to afford a novel means of generating and transmitting mechanical power.

Dr. Tesla is very optimistic about the results of his long experimentation, but will not discuss the matter for publication. He expressed surprise that any one had heard of his latest work before the appearance of his account of it in the electrical publication.

"The efficiency of the machines Dr. Tesla has constructed on this principle," the Electrical Review says, "is evidenced by their remarkable performance, small turbines or rotary engines being run at a peripheral speed scarcely more than half of that of re-action turbines and giving several times the output of the latter."

The article describes a small steam turbine recently exhibited in New York "having a motor only nine and three-quarter inches in diameter and two inches wide," which is said to be capable of developing 110 horsepower with free exhaust. This machine, it is further stated, has no blades, vanes, valves or sliding contacts of any kind.

"On account of the great simplicity of the apparatus, reversibility and extraordinary output," the article continues, "it will undoubtedly find an immense variety of uses, and the commercial world cannot fail to be deeply interested in this new development. The electrical industry in particular should be greatly benefited by this latest effort of Dr. Tesla."