… RIDICULED, CONDEMNED, COMBATTED 174 ancient wells of the sorcerers. An atmosphere … and even the Literary Digest reported that it had been blown up by the U.S. government to halt espionage.28 … a salvage contract between the owners and the Smiley Steel Company of New York, but the inventor did not wish to …
… as a young writer for the Serbian Federation, Stijacić had been surprised to find in the Chicago Public Library, a book … said he had received no official notice. He made no further comment. Robert and Katharine were unsurprised but delighted …
… Times, Tesla was interviewed again as a Nobel winner. His comments to the inquiring reporter were entirely typical. He … infinite velocity. "It's a wonderful thing. Wireless is coming to mankind in its full meaning like a hurricane, some … satellites for television, yet something of the sort had been in his mind since, as a teenager, he had envisioned …
… the design of the pilot's pivoting seat was inadequate to accommodate the radical changes of attitude required, and the … were just too dangerous. But the potential military and commercial advantages of a fullscale aircraft that could … of the jet engine, the flying stove could hardly have been otherwise. But as the Convair and Lockheed experiments …
… points, numerous wireless controlling plants under the command of competent officers and that to each should be assigned a … of these automatic craft...." Washington could not have been less interested. All ears, it seemed, were cupped to …
… be turned down that you may put before the Westinghouse Company." He had relied upon their assurance, he said, … disappointed," he wrote, "that the matter should have been put before your engineers.... I would never submit anything to them except complete plans, thoroughly worked out in every detail...." …
… TRANSITIONS 234 marriage and motherhood may become abhorrent and human civilization draw closer and closer … to the perfect civilization of the bee...." The perfect communal life of the bee was radical chic for the times, … fees, was able to lend small sums. Although he had been ill again, he sent a cheerful note with his check: "Do …
… give us an interesting impression of what Tesla might have been thinking about at this time. In a 1935 magazine article …
… rays of the kind you mention." But the specialist had been skeptical, "so much so in fact that I hesitate to … metal) and interested the American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO) in it. Dr. Albert J. Phillips, then …
… COSMIC COMMUNION 256 "limitless" market for steel Tesla had spoken … was based on four new inventions, of which two had already been tested: 1. a method of producing rays in the free air … he would win the Pierre Guzman prize for his work in cosmic communication. His last years were not entirely fixed on …