Nikola Tesla U.S. Patent 685,956 - Apparatus for Utilizing Effects Transmitted through Natural Media Patent Wrapper Page 26

480 12 Jancelled per trol the flow of current in the charging circuit, a receiving circuit including a receiver, and means for periodically discharging the condenser through the receiving circuit, substantially as described. 3. In an apparatus for utilizing effects or 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 a 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. 4. In an apparatus for utilizing effects or disturbances transmitted through the natural media from a distance source, 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. 5. In an apparatus for utilizing effects or 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 -20This page retyped from microfilm for better readability - Ed.]