Nikola Tesla Patents
22: In an apparatus for utilizing effects cr disturbances transmitted through the natural media from a distant source, the combination of a circuit including a source of electricity, a storage device adapted to be charged thereby and a device normally of very high resistance but adapted to have its resistance reduced when acted upon by the effects or disturbances, with à receiving circuit connected with the storage device and including a receiver and a device adapted to open and close the receiving circuit at predetermined intervals of time, substantially as described. Cancelled 23: In an apparatus for utilizing effects or disturbances transmitted through the natural media from a distant scurce, the combination of a circuit including a source of electricity, a condenser and a device normally of very high resistance but adapted to have its resistance reduced when acted upon by the effects or disturbances, with a receiving circuit connected with the condenser and including a receiver and a device adapted to open and close the receiving circuit at predetermined intervals of time, substantially as described. 24: In an apparatus for utilizing effects or disturbances transmitted through the natural media from à distant source, the combination of a circuit including a source of electricity, a storage device adapted to be charged thereby and a device, normally of very high resistance but adapted to have its resistance reduced when acted upon by the effects or disturoances, with a receiving circuit connected with the storage cevice and including the primary of a transformer and a device adapted to open and close such second circuit at predetermined intervals of time, and a receiver included in the secondary of the transformer, substantially as described. 25 435