The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-31
The Doctors Agree.
AN ELECTRICAL WIZARD.

Nikols Tesla Allows Charge of 900,
600 Volts to Pass Through His Body.
Prom the Ne,o York AdUertiser
II am convinced that can to-day send
message TO a ship at sea, and that those on
board can understand it. II canrot, am
willing to lay my head on the guillotine."
1U wns Nikola Tesla who made the above
strange remark, and his wonderful achieve
ments in the development of electrical
science make his words worthy of respect.
full consideration. He has already estab-
lished the fact that but one wire is neces-
Eary to create an electrical current and il
now engaged on the problem of transmitting
q current without the use of wire at all
That he has grasped the secret of how this
may ultimately be accom- plished SONS OF the
experiments exhibited at his public lectures
would seem to demonstrate.
Tesla produces a distinct and powerful
glow without the aid of wires or globes and
with apparatus remarkable chiefly for its
simplicity. This consists Of two highly
charged disks, which between
the the light appears with.
out a connecting hlament of any kind,
In an incandescent lamp hung on q single
wire, but hot connected with it, he pro-
duces a red light, almost binding in its
brtllianoy. which becomes a powerful white
on increasing the frequency of alterations
in the current. Concerning his theory Of
the possibility of transmission without
wires Mr.. Tesla says:
II have already proved to the contrary of
what everybody believed. have
proved that it is not neces-
sary 90 have two wires to es-
tabliSh an electric current. In nv ma
chine thave but one wire. utilize the air
as the other But as / now get a return
through the air l believe that l can also
transmit through the earth, thus doing
away with even the one wire.
"The earth is a great insulated globe
filed with electricity. or the capability of
electrical vibration. The only problem is
to awaken this electricity, to shake this inn
meuse earth so as to set this mighty world
force swinging or wagging. OF course it
will take a great force to start this motion,
but there is no doubt we can get ii. Elec-
trioians thought 5000 volts was a wonder
full pressure. | have already stirred trp
hundreds CT thousands, and the limit is far
off. Instead of 800 vibrations / have al
ready secured j. 0JU, 900 second. Give me
the machine, and will make a spark half
a mile long.
"Now, at Niagara, for instance, which is
destined TO be a marvellous center OF cleo
trical force for America, enough force can
be secured to supply all the needs Of the
human race twice over. By shaking the
entire earth with the mighty power to be
obtained there this earth electricity could
be started. With this earth force In vibra-
ton the next problem would be to
build machines able to catch aud re-
spond TO the earth motion. There
would have to be a synchronism between
the electrical swinging Of the earth
and the machine. For example, bold
glass to my mouth and speak. The glass is
shattered. My voice to do this must have
the same resonance as the glas. such 1
conceive to be the secret Of all nature-res-
onance.
~ hen, setting this machine at any point
in the world, the message transmitted
through the earth can be received and read
at Paris, at Hong Kong-any where. Dis
tance no longer exists. / am convinced
that to-day can send message to a ship
at sea, and that those on board can under
stand 1t. If cannot, am willing to lay
my head on the guillotine."
Mr. Tesla has also discovered means OF
Harvesting electricity so that it shall serve
mankind without iniuring him. To demon
strate this he allows a current OF 200, 600
volts TO pass through his body and lllumi-
nate bulb containing sulphate OF calcium,
which he holds IN his hand. The bulb CLOVIS
with q light 30 intense as TO fill the room
with brightness and to disclose the great
electrician holding it aloft, unharmed and
smiling. Then he assures the spectators
that this is nothing"
Ntkola Tesla is only about S5 years old.
he is a Montenegro by birth, but was
educated in Hungary and now residesin
this city. Inheriting an eager inventive
genius from his mother and e fortune from
his father, he has given his whole energy to
the science Of electricity as labor OF love.
He has no commercial connections what
soever, and his lectures are given purely to
stir up interest in his loved study. When
only abou: 81 years old be came to America
and worked under Edison at Menlo Park.
In the discovery of the harmlessness and
free transmission of electricity he has
eclipsed every thinker In che world.