… June 17 we illustrated the many handsome bridges which have been thrown across the Niagara gorge in the past fifty … In the first-named article it was shown that taking into account all the turbines that are at present in use, big and … will have increased by fifty per cent. So much attention has been directed to the Niagara Falls Power Plant, with its …

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… Transmission. ___________________ Nikola Tesla believes he has discovered the reasons for the phenomena long noticed by … Wireless Transmission of Energy. ” In this article Tesla accounts for this condition on the theory that as moisture … the results of demonstrations. he says, that the results accomplished are not due merely to Hertzian waves, whose …
… Equal Conditions Exist on the Other Planet. NIKOLA TESLA has come to Chicago. One afternoon of busy work with his machinery, a lecture in the evening, a day of social visits. That was all. To-day he leaves for Colorado, where … must ask who has come into contact with the man and been made to feel with personal force something of the scope …
… of electrical engineering and a world-class eccentric, has developed a cult following. The International Tesla … this odd mania for artificial lightning is what the casual visitor is most likely to remember. Six tables in the hall … throughout Tesla’s life. His bladeless turbine may have been conceptually sound, but difficult and expensive to …
… wireless telegraphy. We quote first from a sane and sober account given in The Electrical World , November 19 : “The … vessel, such as a torpedo or a torpedo-boat, at a distance has been the use of a cable, the disadvantages of which are …
… authority in high frequency electrical engineering to-day, has not been dreaming these past few years, although we have not … when the transmitter is one of great power, not only on account of economy, but also in order to avoid danger. It …
… life of the man who came up with the theory was, by some accounts, fantastic. Tesla was born in 1856 in the village … concreteness of real things. I soon discovered that my best comfort was attained if I simply went on in my vision …
… of his death, the world or science honors this man who has been hailed as the “Benefactor of the Modern Age.” To the … length. Nikola or Nicola? In the course of examining many accounts of Tesla's work, the writer has encountered a …