Nikola Tesla visiting with King Peter and Sava Kasonovic

Nikola Tesla Timeline

1898 - Tesla Demonstrates World's First Wireless Remote Controlled Boat

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The Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences building in Buffalo, New York

Drawing of Nikola Tesla at Madison Square Gardens demonstrating his remote-controlled boat

A larger model of Tesla's boat with the deck removed

Photograph of Tesla's boat detailing the prop and rudder

An illustration of the submersible version of Tesla's boat

An illustration of the submersible Tesla boat in water

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Tesla Lectures In Buffalo

September 13th, 1898

"High Frequency Oscillators for Electro-therapeutic and Other Purposes" address before a meeting of the Electro-therapeutic Association at the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences in Buffalo, New York.

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Tesla Demos Automaton Boat

December 8th, 1898

Tesla publically demonstrates his "automaton" technology by wirelessly controlling a model boat at the Electrical Exposition held at Madison Square Garden in New York City during the height of the Spanish-American War.

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