The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-03

Ills InNenIlNe genius 10 W1Tb .IlNhlllk
no question but that he would, be rich, today
, Tesla can invent anything. Tell him what yot
p TH2s ant 4. hY bn SIi Il Y he 9e1 az II q his time me ' iS q
ycntiuns, Of that sort, the broader PROPOSITION
and problems would go by the b9 e e. .oi ~
them that le delights 10 work;' -,.
Sow, to take NJ some OF the things Tesla
has done, 1t may bo said, ~ start with, I'M
10 talk about Trsla's Inventions inads one Int
n mage OF electrical terms thhl dciy the und'r
st I ana . OF thS mi lEsn n y Ge s@ar Gi,Sa y" Of f tho EEK
invcptlons here would lie about Us valuable 4,
n column " Hebrew iRrgon, HENCE, all I'M
will be ATTEMPTED is 70 tell what he has accom-
pitched. .fir't, take The transmission or poyer
ms stated before. little was known Of the alter.
mating current, ~" single mliornatlnE ftnnrs
only. Tho continuous current was used al
most exclusively.
The continuous G urrcnt system is very good
not be de iIycred Successfully q, any great de
ance NJ high pressure. To deliver the Cont'nt-
S %nn, GGI raT1 j" tho ov use r Of wires so heavy tISt
they would. be cumhcrtomo and entirely I'M
practicable FOR use. Tesla made an alternating
current motor that permitted the transmission
OF encr.y long distances ut high pressure over
thin wires, the delivery being made ~ tho
sure, whichever WIS desired. by means OF A
| Transformer. Thus the riding of the power
forces everywhere, can be similarly ,hnrnessrd
and made TO do the work that has heretofore
been done at great cost by other forms Of force
and energy. A great many smaller lhNcn-
tious arc included in this great one. Us
possibilities Rre. just now, beginning 10 bo
with this motor, It is said. were the prime
cause Of the recent consolidation Of the ldl-
son and the Westinghouse Electric Companies,
Transmission OF tho current. Tesla believed
that the extra wire, was n useless expense; that
all the work could he done with one, ana 40 re,
turn ClrCuit was necessary. SO he set himself
about the work of finding II way TO accomplish
sible through hts invocation to transmit The
energy with The aid Of only one wire: This IN,
%vention, however. has not been nf the same
practical use as tho other. II is merely a Step
In the direction OF aCconlpli hing the mira
thing that Tesla Is aiming At. That is The trans.
mission OF power and Intelligence without any
wires, by means of the earth Itself. II sl, 4 y
thing can lie accomplished the human mind
can hardly conceive OF tn nossihiiIti"s Tesla
believes that IL can he accomplished. The tact
that he believes it Is proved by ~" ten wears ut
work he has devoted to experimenting on that
Next in order, as Tesla mentioned them. Is
the perfection OF az apparatus :nr the pr4duc,
the science OF electricity at rest. Tesla DEM
onstrntcd that for the production of light
brought Into play, and lo formed the opin'
ION that all electrical aud magnetic effects may
In a glass bulb Oiled with. eloctrostatica!ly
charged molecules he found that by aGitatinE
them. causing them to yilrate,to strihc against
carbon was re lnir"d. such rs is usei in the
ordinary infsndeScent lisnti TnsFe cc was
pIish!ncnt was the making OF apparatus 10 stir
up the molecules which don't cost anything
and arc eyer present, While the carbon heret2,
nearing perfection now. and lamps which fur
r n,,h t!E IN , InsI' fost G OF %ei.etr hC' li n finH' win 'b be
tremendous. and, As measured by Tesla. H0J
times the light can be produced with tho same
the ordinary incanGoscent lights. This will
mean more light with less power and less eX.
pense, because there will be no expensive car
hons required.
Last on ,Iesla's list is the oscillator, now per.
fertei and ana rs IS:, to n ne nmt On iae mi mar ,Ht ~ IT
namos IN the world are operated By steam
power. Every step in the production of elec.
tr!city by steam power is attended with waste
AID loss of force and energy. The problem
Tesla set out to solve was the saving OF the So
per cent. of energy that WAS wasted. Actual
tests showed that only ) per cent. OF the energy
used in making iDcnndescent lights manifested
itself as light. The o. per cent. was lost. There
coal into the furnace to the delivery of the
electricity. Tesla has combined an engine and
II dynamo. Steam is forced into the engine at
hich. pressure. which Produces an extremely
ra1ld vibration of a steel rod, and this rod or
the mechanical energy OF the vibration Is con
vcrtrd into electricity. Elv wheels and govern
ing balls and crcentrics and valves ana all the
for the rurnnSc or control or regulation are
The steam cylinder with its piston is the only
thing that does the work about a steam engine.
All the rest take energy. but produce nothing.
SO II they can be done away with the energy
that II takes to run them Is saved. Tesla'S
docs away with them. Tho osciIlator
directly. 1t would appear that this invention,
II II does all that II promises, will revOlutiOniHe
all business that requires energy In the form Of
steam or electric force to operate IL. The ma
chine doesn't take up ouc.tcnth of the room
needed by an ordinary engine and dynamo.
Probably the onCillator and the new system OF
lighting would both have been in use long ago
had it lot been for the destruction OF Tesln's
laboratory last year. He had these and other
inventions very near completion. lie had in, his
workshop the result OF years of work. He had
many models of machinery that m could not RE-
place. A'lti g work that had been done III max
Ing these things had TO he done over again. lie
sniG himself ut the timethet a million dollars
rc-la's work with the Roentgcn ray photo
Erhnhy and the results he has accomplished
have been more Interesting than the work and
results done and accomplished by any other
eXpcr!mcnter; His first published statement OF
what he had been doing WINS months after the
discovery OF IT." Photography. lie had expert
mented in the meantime ircessantlv. His pic
tnrc AID, his statement were printed in tho
picture of the shoulder of q man showing tho
ribs and shoulder and upper arm ZONES. IT Was
II tisianc" OF four feet. His OK experiments ox-
tcndrd over II wide range, In his paper he sand:
"Ihc h"ny Eir1ctnrH or birds, rabbits, and tho
the hollow OF the bones is clearly visible. Ina
plate Of a rabbit, under exposure of an hour,
but l!kcwls u clear outline Of the abdominal
cavity and the location of tho lungs. Tho fur,
and many other features. lriut, OF even large
birds show the feathers quito distinctly.
Clear shadows OF the bones OF human limbs
are obtained 10y exposures ranging from a quar-
ter q: an hour to nm hour. and some plates have
shown such al amount uf drtni! that II is nl-
most impossible - hciicye that We have 20 drul
with shadow only. For instance, n picture II
a foot with II shoe on it was taken, aud every
fold of the leather, trOufcrs, stocking. &c. ~
visible. whiir thu flesh and bones stand nut
sharply, Through The body of the cxucrlmcuter
the shadowsot small buttons and Ike objects
are qulrA!y obtained, while with an EXPOSURE
OF from ono TO one aud n half hour the ribs,
shoulder bones, and the homes of the upper arm
appear clearly, rs Is shown IN tho annexed
PRINT. 1t Is now demonstrated beyond any
doubt that small metallic objects or bony or
hRlky deposits can be lnfallibly detected in
any part nj the body.
An outline Of the skull Is ensi!y obtained witt
M exposure of twenty to fOrtY minutes. In QUO
Instance an exposure OF forty minutes gave
clearly not only tho outline, but the cavity of
the eye, the chm. and cheek and nasal bones.
tho lower Jaw and connections to the upper one.
tho yeTteDrnl column and connections to tho
skull. the flesh. and even the hair. Iy exposing
he head to a powerful radiation strange effects
have been noted. Tor instance, ind that
there T. u tendency to slCel, and the time seems
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