Nikola Tesla Books
Do not worry about the wine; I have managed to obtain a fairly decent one, some kind of French product. It is not very good, but it could be worse.
I intend to come there soon, and I am glad that you will be in Pomaz, for I shall be able to visit you there easily.
I will send the book to Pero in a few days, and to you I am sending a copy of the great magazine Century, in which several of Zmaj's poems have been translated. Judging by the success, I conclude that with that article of mine I have benefited the Serbian people more than with my work in the field of electricity.
I am progressing very well, and a new lighting machine is now already completed. I expect great success when these machines begin to be introduced.
Give my warmest greetings to all relatives and friends. I would write to Marija, but somehow I do not feel inclined to enter into correspondence with ladies.
Yours, Nikola
On May 13, 1895, a great fire broke out in Tesla's laboratory in New York, which destroyed not only all the apparatus but also everything of historical and personal importance to Tesla's work. That fire caused Tesla enormous and irreparable damage. Only Tesla's extraordinary nature was capable of withstanding such a catastrophe without being broken by it.
In an interview given to the journal Electrical Review, Tesla stated:
Everything is lost, not only that which was important for new work, but also that which had personal value.
On that occasion, the journal Sun wrote:
The destruction of Tesla's laboratory in New York represents a misfortune for the entire world. It is no exaggeration to say that today there is no more important man for the human race than that young man.
These and similar statements gave Tesla the moral support to undertake the construction of a new laboratory, which began operating in 1896.
