The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-18

whether his inventions in that field are
not prior to those OF Marconi or De For
rest.
To-nigh. he told me that he had almost
, completed inventions by which he could
send electrica. power to any dis .ance with
out wires. and that In any quantity, small
or great Said he:
i have proved that power can be thus
,, transmitted; Let US suppose have ms
plant at Niagara and YOU are running a
sugar factory in Australia. bv my d!scov-
cries 1t will be possible TO send you a hun
dred. five hundred or thousand horse
same regularly by the force furnished
from Niagara Falls. Suppose you a =
trave.inS in the wl!dS OF the Andes and
make your camp on the shore of Lake
Titicaca. BY the outcome OF this principle
YOU may have teiegrapEed to you there
instantaneous reports OF the news OF the
world as Il happens from time 10 time.
You may cook your dinner over an electric
rre thus Transmitted, and YOU may ha'.
the same at Will on any part of the globe.
We shall be able to send power from pIaee
10 place at viii. and that at such n small
cost that 1t will be industrialiv profits blr. g
How did YOU discover that this might
be done. Mr.. Tesla" asked.
I have for years been working on the
transmission of electrical energy, and IN
1898. established a laboratory on the edge
81 the Rocky Mountains near co.orado
Springs My laboratory there was over g.
G1 feet high, higher than the top Of Mount
Washington. and l had extraordinary con
diticEs for my experiments Colorado is
famous for its natural displays OF cleo
trtcal force.
The earth at times Is alive with cleo
tr!cal vibrations and the air IS full Of cleo
tricity. / have seen 12,cD lightning dis
charges within two hours and all with n
a radius of thirty miles OF my laboratory
These discharges were OF great violence.
some of them looking like trees OF FIRE
on the heavens. 1t was among such dis
naents and studied the principles of else
tricsd transmission through the earth and
air. One day.. while watching the light
ming. noticed that the discharges afIr
OF often affected the Instruments in my
laboratory more than those near by. Up
on examination 1 found tina. this could
not be caused by the difference Of in
tensity in the Individual discharges
What could II be-
Through instruments made for the pur-
pose | tested the matter from time TO time
and finally came to the conclusion that the
vibrations caused by the lightning moved
around the world and that there we're sta
tlonary waves. ! could gauge ne dis
charges near the laboratory and see them
fade away and after a certain fixed period
find them returning with almost no loss
OF power In short, this planet. es big as
1t Is was acting as conductor. and be-
came convinced that upon it not only tele-
graphic messages. but also the modulations
OF the human voice and electrical power in
unlimited amounts; could be carried
part of 1t with hardly any perceptible loss.
With my transmitter l actually sent cleo
trical vibrations around the world and re-
ce!ved them again. and l then went on to
develop my machinery. / had, as l have
told you. been studying and inventing
along the lines of electrical transmission
and was ready to take advantage OF my
discovery. I have since so improved the
means OF NATURALIZATION and ISOLATION
that such energy may be sent In any
amount to any fixed place without danger
of its going elsewhere or affecting others.
hA1ta lt,-t.1 .t1r1f
carried out to almost any degree.
NIAGARA FOR THE WORLD.
'Will this enable the power Of Niagara
to be sent anywhere over the world?"
Yes. have been experimenting at my
on Long Island. l have ma
chnery and buildings there which have
cost me in the ne!ghboThood OF S5C.Op and
the results show me that a plant could be
erected at Niagara which can transmit It's
force to any place desired. am designing
such a plant now at MY laboratory. and
would have had It completed had II not
been for unforeseen delays. whlcf nave
nothing to do with its technical features.
The design which / have adopted Will have
a transmitter which will emit a wave COM
plex OF total maximum activity or 10
o0 IL ,ebs per ct 5e e' snormous Mign
rate of energy delivery-it is twice as
much as the force of Niagara Fails-is OBJ
only by the use OF certain arti!ices
I'VE have been offered 1900 horsepower
from the Canadian Power Company W nat
1 want to do is 10 butl6 machinery there
OF the globe The va.ue of that amount of
horsepower would be about $4,000 per
year. and a plant erected TO take ad-
How much would the plant cost?'
.'It might cost IN the ne'ghborhood OF
g oO0.Ooo but its value would be enormous.
1 tom no
working forces of the globe. 1t would re-
suit in other plants being erected other
where's and in the Utilization of all the
great waterfalls for the work Of man.
MOTHER EARTH PIT TO WORK.
by this invention every live part Of
Mother Earth's body would be brought in
to action. Energy will be collected all
over the globe in amounts small or large,
as II dna may ~ es'ss Few 5ov, or more
Every waterfall can be utilized. every
coal field made to produce energy 10 De
to vast diSances. and every
place on earth can have power AZ small
cost. One Of the minor uses might be
the illumination Of Isolated homes We
could light houses all over the country by
frequency currents: We could keep the
clocks OF the United States going and
give everyone exact time: We could turn
factories. machine shops and mills small
also navigate the air.
One of the most important features of
this invention said Mr.. Tesla. will be
the transmission of Intelligence. It will
convert the entire earth into 4 htIge brain.
capable of responding in every one of 'ts
parts. BY the employment of number of
plants, each of which can transmit signals
to all parts of the world. the news of the
globe will be flashed 10 all points A cheap
and simple receiving device. which might
be carried in ones pocket. can be set up
anywhere on sea or land. and it viii record
the worlds news as II occurs. or take
such special messages as are intended for
Your wife can are teleerep ne to OF po,; fqe
and II the instrument is prop
ery made YOU alone will get the mes
sage. A single plant of a few horse-pow-
er could operate hundreds OF such instru-
nents, SO that the invention has an in
finite working capacity and will cheaper
the transmission Of all kinds OF intelli-
gence."
FRANK G. CARPENTER