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Once telegraph messengers spent all their time delivering telegrams—but that was in the days when drug stores specialized in drugs, and cigar stores in tobacco. Today, you can call upon a messenger...

By O. P. FERRELL Radio waves spanning interplanetary space are now a certainty. The dreams of science fiction writers and the predictions of Nikola Tesla are closer to reality. Positive identification...

TESLA, NIKOLA (tes'lä) July 9, 1856- Jan. 7, 1943 One of the world's greatest electrical inventors and designers; American citizen of Greek origin; worked with Edison; credited with many "epic making"...

An interesting project for the experimenter. Mystify your friends by lighting unconnected bulbs and igniting candles. By R. A. KAWCYN and T. C. MARSHALL The experimenter who has tired of reading about...

... Radio Signaling on the Moon Differs Vastly From That on Earth ... "After the first rocket from the earth has landed on the moon, supplies are unloaded feverishly and our exploration parties are...

This is a new set of Czechoslovakian postage stamps honoring radio and communication pioneers scheduled for release Dec. 7, 1959, coinciding closely with the 50th Anniversary Banquet of the Radio Club...

Wireless power transmission seems about to become a reality after many years of dreams, science fantasy and experiments by, among others, famed Nikola Tesla. Raytheon has announced a new microwave...

Recently read in a Russian publication called Technical Practice a report that by 1985 (significant date), power will be delivered to homes in all large towns and cities in Russia through a...

Gives 200,000-volt Current for Many Dazzling Experiments By Kenneth M. Swezey Purple streamers of sparks from eight to ten inches long, potentials of several hundred thousand volts, beautiful...

Was Death Ray Machine Perfected By His Genius? By Gaston Burridge Nikola Tesla was a man of mystery. He possessed one of the strangest minds history has ever known. In many respects, today's Science...