Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-09
IRRESISTIBLE SCIENCE.
TERRIBLE ENGINE or OBSTRUCTION.


New York. N1v. s-Nikola Tesla tne
eiectncan. In Newspaper interview
describes an appucatvn % eiecireiiy
whereby. without she interpolation OF
any arifui medium of communication
one man can control and direct WIN
absolute cxactiuic. she movement Oh
uny type OF vessel. balloon or lana We
hiclc. az any distance that may be dee
sired. From a station IN shore OF nom
the deck OF O vessel under way tore
pcdo boat equipped wdh Mr Tesla q
controlling devise may De- propelled
either on 90 below che surface. m'n-
oeuvcrcd a, viii IN any direction AMI
nnaAy brought lneo contact and expiod-
cd against ihc si7e NJ a hostile ve'.ei
81 any fr.nt wsthin the range ~ ihe
vison u the operator More Than ih.A
assuming chat 30 were r1s-ih'" 90 10.
curaieiy locate she position Of iha yes
eel which 4 la desired in deit1f 'h'
torpedo boat could Boz directed 90 30.
even n the ship lay ln the hirn1r 'i
Southampton ana abe operator was ali-
toned ai sandy Hook
Nr. Tesla said that some mon hf
had elapsed snce he had FUZZY dnt.I-
opcd hia device. Tor which be nae Hp.
piled fir patent. when 3 was learned
shat Admiral Carycrt was bottled up
nj Santiago DO was HE intention i0 lp-
ply hi mechanism 90 several launch a
and smilar small craft h1adcd With hIfh
explosives and nnnlhilItr fhs fieot un-
der she guns ~ the American neoi, h..
nuru the necs aF1ry arranFcmenu could
b. made. Then Mr. Tesla planned q
-. HHH
hirbor only 60 be- thwnrtci by the -
chmatl0n ~ the suspension u HOSTILE
ties
'fIitherto.r said Mr. Tesla. "ihc only
means ~ contndriluE she movements
or a vessel from u Distance have been
supphcd through the medium of a nrN-
ihlr conductor such no ON electric cable.
but this system o. subject 60 Obvious
knssatlonH such uH aTo Imposed hy the
length weight aud strength ~ che cone
ducior which can De- practically used.
hy the dfncu,y Of maintaining. with
safety. che high speed 81 Che vessel nr
changing the direction OF her move
mcuiH with mplditf che ncccssty VI
cneCtng thr control from q point which
u practically fixed. and from many
U.hcr drawbacks which ore inHrptlbly
connected with such q system.
The plan which ! have perfected I'M
wolves none nf these objections. fnr
am enabled by the use Of my invention
80 employ any means OF propulsion, "a
imrlis % the moving body or vessel
tho highest possible speed. to control thf
operation ~ ~ machinery ana 60 direct
liH movements from either n Fixed point
or from a body moving ana changing
So direction, however, RAPIDLY and "a
maintain this control. over rrcg dis
tanccu, without any art.hcim c1nnec.
tonH between che vessel ana she ap.
p1nttuH governing Co. movements and
without ouch roHirictinnH az these mus
necessarily impose.
'in a broad sense. then. my lntcrtiof
dlnrra from nll 81 those systems which
provide FOR che control ~ she mrChan
Ism carried by moving object nu
governing o. motion. IN that requir
~ Intermediate wirra. cables VI oihe
form az electrical or mechanical con
nssvtona with the object save the uniur
al media IN space. I accomplish. never
the'c-s. similar results and in "a sucl
nrurc practical manner by producing
waves, Impulses or radlhtinna whlcl
arc received through she earth. waite
or atmosphere by suitable apparatus ol
the moving body ana causes the doHirri
actions, 90 long as the body rrmr 'n
within the active region or effolt VI
range u such currents, waves, Impulse
or radlauona