The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-24
ELECTRIC HEF
MULTI. PHASE EVA
GENERATING ~
ABB ode. are suitable translatinr devices.

AB.C. q. f. are suitable transiating devices.
THE VAN vLECK SCHEME FOR SUPPLYING THE
TESLA EFFECT. ARC AND 1NCANDEsCENT LAMPS.
AND MOTORS. FROM THE SAME SYSTEM.
Phosphorus with sulphate OF zinc gives. for
With yttrium. artificial diamond. lime. and va
rious metals. other hues appear. and, what Is
increassd p'o's ali ' cases. the light IS brish
metallic shade In this ph Hi Ss
constantly In view. the production Of light
brilliant enough to be compared with that
directly Leading to practical utilities his
demonstrating abound with suggestiven,ess;;
phenomena shade into each other. when the
incandescence through Intermediate STAGES Of
q S sSi and f af e
suphate Of Iuinine he produces tiuorescence
Of q new brilliancy.
AN ELECTRIC COLUMBUS.
In bringing electrical vibrations nearer to
the frequency Of lisht than any other inventor
continent foE inventive activity, The undula-
cause they occur at certan rate. Let vibra-
projected into space. and the possibility dawns
Tor giving ships new security at sea. An
mariner by ,sending forth electric impulses to
be received and registered on suitable disks
aboard his vessel. And in ocean service OF
mailing through the cables. there IS promise
that Tesla's q par atus can 10 usofully enlisted.
sa the Atlantic ssf snd an HT
device which, will shorten this period must
pTroPorti3nateiy increase ths CARRYING CAPACITY
for Improvement exists here has been demon
strated in the shortening Of time In TRANSMITS
generally supposed that. as used in teieg-
raphy, the electric current has an exceed
ugly high velocity from which it never varies
the character 81 It's Insulation, and the peculiar
form Of the current. are elements which decide
In Bridging part Of the wide interval be-
tween the comparatively slow waves which
To waves OF u new order the old rules OF arrest
aa BILL M WITH tx phor
top pt,o touPd that an Invisible beam Of ght
a relative term, su bstance s that keep ordinary
Gnrrents ~ st5sy to thsiI path ere easily
which closes over an electric wound. has there:
SOON be ale to CHOOSE the SPECIAL vibraton
suited to traverse any medium whatever, case
GUS: liquid. Or solid: that he will encounter no
WHO NIKoLA TESLA Is.
Who Is this man who has done SO much and
Initiated SO much more before whom the
Eestors OF European science sit entranced as
he brings before them marvel after marvei2
Whence does he Gomez What country gave
him birth only to surrender him to America?
On the southern conf mes Of the empire OF
Austria Hungary. Croatia comes to the Adri-
History SO trou bisd that its iansaaK a holds
hundred words for knife ana bTt one 9
Tesla was born thirty years ago At Carl:
stadt. IN Croatia and at the polytechnic school
ton. As q student OF engineering the
subject Of electricity strongly attracted
him, and he devoted his spare time
to electrical experiment On graduating in
1881 he entered the telegraph service at Buda.
construction Of, dynamo machines as Ills
special work. About five years ago no came to
the United States. During part Of this time
he was In the employ OF the Westinghouse
Company where he earned the highest esteem
as an electrician and as a man. LAtterly he
has pursued an independent course OF expert
ment, with results briefly touched upon In this
In person Tesla might pass for an Italian.
He has an italian senstiveness OF tempera-
Elent. as well as an Italian excitability. His
command OF English Is capital. and as
he unfolds his results to an audience with ex-
guisite dexterity his thusiasm Is conta gous.
With Unborn resources OF tho rarest, with ex-
cellsnt education and practical training. with
the opportunities Of the world focused around
him what ~ achievement may not the future
hold Tor Nikola Tesla GEORGE LIES.