… coils such innocents as J. P. Morgan and Colonel Astor had been as helpless prey. Kaempffert would describe him as a … was talking about, were enthralled with his proposals to communicate with Mars and to transmit power without wires …
… for the future. According to Elisabeth Marbury, Anne had been so overprotected as to be almost pathetically … and sought out Marguerite whose candor he appreciated. Complimenting her on her performance, he asked somewhat …
… reeking metal.¹0 Nothing was insured. But even had it been, it could not have covered his losses. Indeed, a million dollars, as he later said, could not have compensated for the resulting setbacks in his research. …
… he believed that with the $40,000 he could bring to commercial stage at least some of the inventions on which he … of their different personalities. Edison, seeing where the commercial potential lay, began at once to test various … with any experience. Hence when Roentgen's discovery had been announced, "I was, it seems, better prepared than …
… this volume are in Nikola Tesla's own words; it is the most comprehensive single volume of Tesla's writings presently … available. A period of over a quarter of a century has elapsed in gathering this material from every known … were well received only in technical journals and news accounts. The name of Nikola Tesla as a leader in the …
… this reservoir bursts under the stress and you see streams coming out of the ball. That is a wonderful thing. It shows the volume of the discharge. Counsel Has that any relation to the aurora borealis effect that you …
… For instance, using a spacing of 1/2", the first support has an offset of 0, the next is 1/8", 1/4", 3/8", etc. The … to set the width to a larger size. The spark gap is the one component that deserves the most attention. Since it's … flat washers. By alternately stacking standard and large (commonly called …
… input, oscillation occured. By controlling the amount and phase of the feedbedrer back signal, a stable and … the 3 essential elements for an oscillator are present; phase or frequency control, amplification, and feedback. Note … to the grid. The triode provides amplification, and feeback comes from the coil connected to the plate. (Inductively …
… a A' Transformers in parallel: if the transformers in phase, then the voltage at each output will be identical, and in phase. Thus, there will be no voltage difference across the … need to use capacitors rated for AC voltage - - these are commonly used as electric motor starting capacitors. The …
… will be calculated below. and (24) When the electric field has built up to the limiting value in a small region of …