The Tesla Decision

Elsewhere in this issue will be found a very full abstract of the Townsend decision, mentioned by us last week, in favor of the Tesla rotating magnetic field patents which have been in suit for some few years past. It will be seen that the judge treated as insufficient anticipations the work of Baily, Siemens, Deprez and Bradley, all of which had been relied upon and much of which was admittedly of a prophetic character, to say the least. The judge took occasion to compliment Mr. Tesla on the high value of his work to the art, in view of the enormous extension given to the transmission of power by such methods since the distinguished inventor read his memorable paper before the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.

See Decision in Favor of the Tesla Rotating Magnetic Field Patents.