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Tesla intended to give practical demonstrations of these principles with the plant he was building. He said that as soon as completed, he would be able to call up from his desk and talk to any telephone subscriber on the globe, without any change whatsoever in the existing equipment. An inexpensive instrument, no larger than a watch, would enable its bearer to hear anywhere, on land or sea, the speech of a political leader, the address of an eminent man of science or an eloquent clergyman, delivered in some other place, however distant. Millions of such instruments could be operated from but one plant of this kind. More important than all of this, however, would be the transmission of power without wires, which would be shown on a scale large enough to carry conviction. These few indications, said Tesla, would be sufficient to show that the wireless art offered greater possibilities than any invention or discovery heretofore made. Thus, 50 years ago, Tesla could foresee that "radio" offered great opportunities.
In the January 7, 1905 issue of the "Electrical World & Engineer", there appeared an article by Tesla entitled "The Transmission of Electrical Energy Without Wires As A Means of Furthering Peace". Some of the statements that he made are more astonishing than the development of Atomic Energy, and if true, might be of equal or greater importance. The following paragraphs are Tesla's own words quoted from the above article published more than 50 years ago.
Quote: "Electrical energy can be economically transmitted without wires to any terrestrial distance. This, I have unmistakably established by numerous observations, experiments and measurements, qualitative and quantative. These have demonstrated that it is practicable to distribute power from a central plant in unlimited amounts, with a loss not exceeding a small fraction of one percent in transmission, even to the greatest distance, twelve thousand miles, to the opposite side of the globe. This seemingly impossible feat can now be readily performed by any electrician familiar with the design and construction of my high potential magnifying tul transmitter, the most marvelous electrical apparatus of which I have knowledge, a enabling the production of effects of unlimited intensities."
"To give an idea of the capabilities of this wonderful appliance, I may state that I have obtained, by its means, spark discharges extending through more than one hundred and fifty feet and carrying currents of more than one thousand amperes, electromotive forces approximating 150 million feet, and electrical disturbances in the natural media (at mosphere) surpassing those caused by lightening in intensity. Whatever the future may bring, the universal application of this great principle is fully assured, though it may be a long time in coming."
"With the opening of the first power plant, incredulity will give way to wonderment, and this to ingratitude, as ever before. We would have at our disposal a most unique and invaluable machine, THIS ONE OSCILLATOR WOULD ADVANCE THE WORLD A CENTURY. Its civilizing influences would be felt even by the humble dweller in the wilderness. Millions of instruments of all kinds, for all imaginable purposes, could be operated from this one machine. Universal time could be distributed by simple inexpensive clocks, requiring no attention and running with mathematical precision. Stock-tickers, synchronous movements and innumerable devices of this character could be worked in unison all over the earth. Incalculable commercial advantages could be thus secured and countless accidents and disasters avoided. The knowledge that there is throbbing through the earth, energy available everywhere,
