Nikola Tesla visiting with King Peter and Sava Kasonovic

Nikola Tesla Timeline

1906 - Tesla's Friend and Wardenclyffe Architect Stanford White Murdered

2009

Stanford White, renowned architect and good friend of Tesla.

The wonderful "Tesla" steam turbine.

A Waltham Company advertisement featuring the Tesla speedometer.

Tesla's air-friction speedometer manufactured by the Waltham Company.

1906

Stanford White Murdered

June 26th, 1906

Because of his involvement in a love triangle, White was shot and killed while attending the opening of Madison Square Garden's roof show in the building he had designed, leaving Wardenclyffe as his final creation.

1906

Tesla Turbine Made Public

July 10th, 1906

In an article published on his 50th birthday, Tesla announced his bladeless turbine to the world. The invention was based on adhesion and viscosity, two fundamental properties of all fluids.

1906

Wardenclyffe Workers Laid Off

1906

Tesla made great efforts to obtain funding for the Wardenclyffe project after J.P. Morgan withdrew his support, but was unsuccessful. Unable to pay his employees, he was forced to lay them off and construction of the tower ceases.

1906

Air-Friction Speedometer

1906

Tesla was contracted by Waltham Watch Company to build the world's first and only air-friction speedometer, which he also patented. It was used in Packard, Lincoln and Pierce-Arrow luxury cars.

Nikola Tesla - Engineer, Physicist, Futurist - T-Shirt

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Nikola Tesla Colorado Springs Poster

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Nikola Tesla Timeline

1906 - Tesla's Friend and Wardenclyffe Architect Stanford White Murdered

Stanford White Murdered

Tesla Turbine Made Public

Wardenclyffe Workers Laid Off

Air-Friction Speedometer

Nikola Tesla - Engineer, Physicist, Futurist - T-Shirt

Nikola Tesla Colorado Springs Poster

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