Nikola Tesla and His Works - On the Occassion of the Eightieth Anniversary Page 42

May 29

At 8 AM: Departure to Oplenac. The Committee President, surrounded by delegates, lays a wreath at the grave of the Blessed Late King Alexander I, the Unifier. Return from Oplenac, then visit to Avala and laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

At 5 PM: Popular experimental lecture on Tesla and his works in the main hall at the University. Participants: University Professor Dr. Sreten Šljivić; lecturers: engineers Vlada Jovanović and Aleksandar Damjanović, and Professor Engineer Vlada Petrović. The experimental lecture includes: demonstration of a rotating magnetic field and its effects, showing the operation of an induction motor, demonstration of lighting lamps without wires, physiological effects of Tesla’s high-frequency currents and voltages on the human body, wireless activation of various relays, and the effects of resonance.

At 8:30 PM: Grand performance at the National Theater. The Committee President gives a welcoming speech surrounded by the ladies of the Serbian Sisters Circle in national costumes. The opera Koštana by Mr. Konjević is performed.

May 30

From 10 AM to 12 PM: Sightseeing of landmarks in Belgrade, including the Museum of Prince Paul, the Ethnographic Museum, etc.

From 5 PM to 7 PM: Grand concluding session at the Technical Faculty. The Dean of the Technical Faculty opens the session. Scientific lectures by foreign and domestic delegates. The Committee President for the celebration expresses gratitude to foreign and domestic delegates, bids them farewell, and concludes the grand session.

At 8 PM: Dinner in honor of foreign delegates hosted by electric power plants and Radio Ltd.

At 11:15 PM: Departure to Zagreb, Gospić, Smiljan, and the Adriatic Sea.

List of delegates from foreign scientific institutions participating in the celebration of Tesla’s eightieth birthday in Belgrade:

1. Turpain, physics professor at the University of Poitiers,
2. Bucherot, professor at the Higher Electrotechnical School in Paris,
3. Barbillion, professor at the University of Grenoble and honorary director of the Electrotechnical Institute in Grenoble,
4. Bogros, professor at the University of Marseille,
5. Villey, professor at the Sorbonne in Paris,
6. Darmois, professor at the Sorbonne in Paris,
7. Jolliot-Curie, professor at the Collège de France in Paris,