Nikola Tesla Books
IN SEARCH OF NIKOLA TESLA I shrugged my shoulders. 'Let's go for a coffee,' he suggested. My friend shouted down the corridor to a couple of his friends and together we all walked to the cafeteria. After a little joking, they began to question my preoccupation over the last weeks. My explanations were greeted with laughter. 'So that's it, you're personal advisor to the Prime Minister now?" 'Are you going to make a fortune erecting Tesla towers across Canada?â 'I know you're president of the world centre for occult science'. 'Send a crank to catch a crank.' I joined in their laughter but I did not feel ready to explain myself. The topic eventually became exhausted and as the cafeteria began to empty our conversation drifted to other things. Eventually there were only two of us left at the table and as I made a movement to leave my companion suddenly began to speak quite seriously. 'You know I've read all about this radio interference.' I must have looked surprised for he began to explain himself. He told me that, although he did not have a scientific background like the others, he was very interested in what I was doing. My friend had a short wave radio of his own and several months ago had noticed curious interference. 'What do you think of it all,' he asked, 'have the Russians really built a Tesla transmitter?" 'There are several possibilities which could account for the interference,' I explained. 'Most people seem to think that it's a new form of radar.' 'So you don't really think there's anything in power transmissions?" he asked me. I hesitated a moment. 'Well, that's what I'm trying to find out but it's not that easy. You see, it all happened so long ago that I don't really know what actually took place. Tesla said that he could transmit power without loss and he hinted at an inexhaustible source of power.' 'Do you think it's possible?' my friend asked. 'Not in any conventional sort of way,' I replied. 'The question is: did he do something new? There's not much to go on and what I've read is terribly vague.' 95 65
