The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-05-09

secret or how this may ultimately De ac-
complished some Of the experiments ex-
hibited at his public lectures would seem
to demonstrate.
Tesla produces 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, between which the
light appears without connecting ila-
ment Of any kind. In an incandescent
lamp hung on single wire, but not con-
nected with it, he produces a red light
almost binding in its briliiancy, which
becomes powerful white on increasing
the frequency Of alterations in the cur
rent. Concerning his theory Of the pos
sibility of transmission without wires
Mr.. Tesla says: Il have already proved
the contrary Of what everybody believed.
have proved that it is not necessary to
have two wires to establish an electrical
current. In my machine l have but one
wire. l 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
one wire The earth is a great insulated
globe filed with electricity, or the capa-
unity VI lDfdllOH. TIC OLliN
problem is to awaken this electricity, to
shake this immense earth so rs to set this
mighty world force swinging or wag-
ging. 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 a wonderful
pressure. have already stirred up hun
dreds of thousands, and the limit is far
off. Instead of 800 vibrations have al
ready secured 5000, 900 second. Give
me the machine, and will make spark
half mile long. Now, at Niagara, for
instance, which is destined to be a mar
velous center of electrical forcefor Amer
lea, enough force can be secured to sup
ply all the needs of the human race twice
over. By shaking the entire earth with
the mighty power to be obtained there
this earth elecl city could be started.
With this earth force in vibration the
next problem would be to build ma
chimes able to catch and respond to the
earth motion. There would have to be
q synchronisn between the electrical
swinging Of the earth and the machine.
For example, hold glass to my mouth
and speak. The glass is shattered. My
resonance as the glass. Such / conceive
TO ethe secret of all nature-resonance !
Then, setting this machine at any point |
n the world. the message transmitted |
through the earth can be received and |
.ead at Paris. at Hong Kong-anywhere |
Distance no longer exists. | am con-
rinced that l today can send message |
o ship at sea, and that those on board |
an understand it. If l cannot, am
Wiling to lay my head on the glullotine.
Mr.. Tesla has also discovered a means
# Harvesting electricity so that it shall |
erve mankind without injuring him.
70 demonstrate this he allows a current
# 100000 volts TO pass through his body
nd illuminate a bulb containing sui
hate of calcium which he holds in his
and. The bulb CLOVIS with a light so
intense as to fill the room with bright
less and to disclose the great electrician
lolding it aloft. unframed and smiling.
then he assures the spectators that ''this
) nothing"
Id. He is Montenegrin by birth, but
-as ed Gated in Hungary and now re-
ide5 in New York. Inheriting an eager
INVENTIVE genius from his mother and a
ortune from his father, he has given his
Yhole energy t. the science of electric
y as labor OF love. He has no COM
lercial connections whatsoever, and his
ectures are given purely to stir up inter-
st in his loved study. When only about
years old, he came to America and
Torked under Edison at Menlo Park. In
ne discovery of the harmlessness and
rec transmission of electricity ne has
clipsed every thinker in the world.