Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR MARCH ;. 1912

may be situated. Also, there will be conflict inter
ference of currents Two factories situated in the
block, for instance. parallel railroads, two
pctlng steamship lines, could receive their power indie
pendcntly from separate sources, from Africa the
other from Niagara. And his perfected system of posi-
tive sclectivy will absolutely prevent unscrupuous
consumer from stealing his power from the air. any
than he could the key to his barn door for
lang the time lock bank safe SO complete will be
the NATURALIZATION of Also, this eliminates
the element of power monopoly.
IN the field of transportation wireless power will work
of the greatest changes in things they
First among all, the Steamrven train and ship will
pass into history along with the cradle the fail and the
spinning wheel And the noisy cfuggng of the smok-
ing, foul smelling automobile will soon be memory.
Professor Tesla has far perfected his original syS
tenn of isolation in the transmission of wireless energy
that he is able to control for instance, aomaton in
the form of miniature submarine ship, which he can
readily direct and vancouver at will starting stopping,
speeding turning, reversing diving rising, by the simple
manipulation of wave impulse.
when my system is complete says he, "a crewless
ship may be sent from any port in the world to other
port the Seven Seas, propelled by wireless energy
from power plant anywhere the face OF the earth,
and controlled and naneuvered absolutely and posi-
lively by telauomatics.'
The ship in its actual position on the sea would not
alone be visual to the telautomac operator but there
also would be reproduced through the visuazng appa
raus detailed and faithful scene pictur
ing her surroundings and the conditions of and
weather.
Given wireless power and telautornatic control of
the danger of collision in fog and night, of going
the rocks shoals, will be eliminated. For the crew.
less ship the operator seated in his despatchng office
land surrounded by sensitive Devices with which any
point he may elect of earth may be visuaized
before him. would also "fee' the approach of another
ship the proximity to an iceberg shoals, when he
would easily defect the of his ship from danger
Ships carrying only cargo will be crewless and they will
be water and airtght submarine made buoyant
by vacuum, and practically nonsnkable.
The future of wireless power development may
der it folly for any nation to have aoat vessel of
The secret of another nations scheme of seectvity
might be disclosed to the enemy, when the guns of their
vessels might be turned against sister ships and
whole fleet destroyed by shells from their guns,
their magazines might be exploded by the enemy at
will However, should there be batteships in the wire
less future, they will be crewless They will be
vered their guns will be loaded aimed, and fired, and
their torpedoes discharged with unerring accuracy, by
the director of naval warfare seated before telato-
matte switchboard on land
"The time will come, result of my discovery"
said Tesla, "when nation may destroy another in
time of through this wireless force: great tongues
of electric flame made to burst from the earth of the
enemys country might destroy not only the people and
the cities, but the land itself realize that this is in
deed dangerous thing to advocate At first thought it
might the annhilaton of the nations of the world