The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-28
AN ELEorMloAL WIZ tRp.
Sikola Tesla Allows a Charge OF 200, 900
Volt, to Pass Through Ills Body.

AN ELhSAs'lSAb w ~ ttAD'
Nikola Tesla Allow, a Charge OF 200, 900
Volt, TO Pass Through Ills Body.
Sts Hork lirutisf,
II am convinced that | can to-day
send a message to Il ship At sen, and
that those on board can understand it.
Ii cannot l am willing to lay my
head on the guiIlo,ine."
1t was Silola Tesla who made the
above strange remark, aud his wanleg-
lul achievements in tue development
OF electrical science made his words
worthy OF respectful consideration. He
has already established the igGt that
bur one wITa Is necessary to create un
electrical current, aud is now engaged
on the problem OF transmitting u cur
rent without the use OF q wire at all.
That he has gEaipal the secret OF how
this may ultimately be accomplished
some OF the experiments exhibited at
his public lectures would seem 10 dem.
oRslrate.
Tesla produces n distinct and pow
erlpl glow without the aid Of wires or
globes and with apparatus remarkable
chiefly Tor its simplicity. This consists
OF two highly charged disks, between
which the light appears without con-
Meeting tilament OF any kind. In an
inoandescent lamp hung on a single
wire, but not connected with it, he
produces a red light, almost binding
in its brilliancy, which becomes II
powerful white light on increasing the
frequency OF alterations in the cur
rent. Concerning his theory OF the
possibility OF transmission without
wires Mr.. Tesla says:
II have already proved the contrary
OF what every one else believed, nave
proved that it is not necessary to have
two wires TO establish an electrical cur
current. In my machine l have put
but one wire. utilize the air as the
other, But as now get return
through the air | believe that can also
transmit through the earth, thus doing
away with even the ono wire.
"Ihe earth is Il great insulated globe
filled with electricity, or the capabiity
OF electrical vibration, The only prob
lem is to awaken this electricity, to
shake this immense earth so as to set
this mighty world force swinging or
wagring. OF course it will take great
force to start this motion, but there is
no doubt We can get it. Electricians
thought 10000 volts was wonderful
pressure, | have already stirred up
hundreds OF thousands, and the limit il
far off. Instead DISCO vibrations have
already secured 100000 a second. Give
me the machine, and l will make n
spark half n milo long.
Now, at Niagara, for instance, which
is destined TO be marvellous center oil
electrical 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 vibration tho next
problem would be to build machines
able to catch and respond to the earth
motion. There would have to be gym
chronism between the electrical swing.
ing OF the earth and the machine. For
example, | hold aglass in my mouth
and speak. The glass is shattered. My
voice to do this must have the same re-.
sonance rs the glass. Such | conceive
to be the secret Of all nature-reso.
nance.
Then, setting this machine at any
point in the world, the message trans.
mitted through tho earth can DO receiy.
ed and read at Paris, Mt Hong Kong
anywhere. Distance no longer exists.
| am convinced that to-day can send
a message to ship at sea, and that
those on board eau understand It, lii
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 demonstrate this he allows q current
OF 100000 volts to pass through his body
and illuminate q bulb containing sui.
phate OF calcium, which he holds in his
hand. The bulb CLOVIS with light so
intense as to fill the room with bright.
ness and to disclose the great electrician
holding it aloit, unframed and smiling.
Then he assures the spectators that
"this is nothing"
Nikola Teslais only about thirty-fye
years old. lie is a Montenegrin By
birth, but was educated in Hungary ana
now resides in this city. Inheriting an
eager inventive genius from his mother
and a fortune from his father, he has
given his whole energy to the science OF
electricity as labor OF love. He has
no commercial connections whatsoever,
and his lectures are given purely to stir
up interest in his loved study. When
only about twenty-one years old he
came to America and worried under Ed
ison at Menlo Park. In the discovery
OF the harmlessness and free transmits
sion Of electricity he has eclipsed every
thinker in the world.