… work and finally made chief electrician to the telephone company. At only twenty-five years of age, he found himself … explaining each detail to Szigeti. Tesla would use a two-phase ac in the field coils of his motor, which would produce … me one of the greatest feats of imagination which has ever been attained by the human mind." The rotary magnetic field …
… had been wired by men who were less than adept at their job and … matter of placing a hall light, in which the whole chain of command had to be consulted before the light could be … Now the managers of the works sent him on a wild-goose chase. The treasurer would pay him, only the treasurer said …
… the steamship Oregon . Edison generating equipment had been installed on this most up-to-date liner of the day and … good relationship was soon at an end. Tesla was already discomfitted by Edison's refusal to consider an … our Yankee humor. It was Spring, 1885, and he had been with Edison less than a year, but he could no longer go …
… of such magnitude that no comparable development has been presented since. Tesla was on the crest of an inventive … of ac by electrocuting cats and dogs for the edification of visitors. Edison wrote: "Just as certain as death …
… The engineers who had installed the electric chair had been perhaps more frightened of it than was necessary. It … He had, of course, selected 60-Hertz operation as best for commercial power applications. Indeed, he had opposition … four years, he was granted 45 additional patents on polyphase current distribution. His researches into higher …
… the forms of illumination Tesla was demonstrating had never been seen before. Instead of the ordinary Edison bulb for … had none at all! The production of a practical means of commercial power and now the development of a whole new … had many more advantages, and further stated that "Tesla has contributed more to electrical science than any man up …
… at the University of Turin, Professor Galileo Ferraris. It has been proven that Ferraris first presented a paper on … However, the chief engineer of the project, C. E. L. Brown, completely smashed Dobrowolsky's claims by writing to the …
… sensations in the human body. Author Sam Clemens had become a close friend of Tesla and visited the inventor's laboratory many times. Tesla admired … Clemens and claimed that one of "Mark Twain's" books had hastened his recovery from a youthful illness. One day, …
… action necessary to cease his experiment. The police had been right in believing Tesla to be involved - after all, … the infamous "Galloping Gertie", a bridge across the Tacoma Narrows built in 1940, showed all too clearly the … the Narrows. The 1000-foot side spans followed. Anyone who has seen the film of this bridge swinging from side to side …
… development of practical wireless transmission of power in commercial quantities. Tesla's apparatus depended for its … ruined my experiment," he told them. "And your experiment has ruined our station," was the reply. "You overloaded the … to help him set things right at the power station. It has been stated that Tesla failed in his attempts to transmit …