Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03


~ EARTH and returning to the point OF
entry with undiminshed force,
the astounding discovery made by Nikola
Tesla, "Wizard of Electricity" inventor, sci
enlist, scholar.
AS the issue of this momentous discovery
Professor Tesla has perfected practical sys-
tenn of wireless power distribution. And the
universal application of the wireless trans
mission of energy will speedily solve vast and
far reaching problems in commerce and the in
dustries, and will eventually revolutionze the
whole structure of the worlds social and po-
Itlcal economy.
Already Tesla has advanced his discovery of
the wireless transmission of electrical energy
to the point of practical application. At his
great experimental plant Long Island he
has secured actual and satisfactory results In
wireless power transmission that go far toward
making for its early and successful introduction
into commercial and industrial uses. When
all the details of his transmitting system are
complete, and the world at large shall adopt
wireless power in its general utilities, the Won
ders of science and invention of dynanlcs and
mechanics the arts and the social scheme that
employ and enjoy today will appear as the
antiques of primitive age.
The magic Lamp of Aladdin was never
rubbed to such fruitful purpose, did it ever
create such undreamed-of wonders, as will the
application of the wireless transmission of energy
utilities of the present. let alone the improved devc
that will develop in its use, with which inventive gent
will provide us for the future.
In recounting the incidents leading up to and Il
elemental details of the discovery that unexpected
and unquestionably opened the way to this great
zation Tesla rectes that during systematic researc
for which he had long trained himself, which he h;
aSSiduously conducted for several years. to the end
perfectng a system of wireless transmission of eners
through the natural media the earth and air. he
1898 to recognize three essential requirements II
first was produce a tranSnitter of tremendous powe
the second, to perfect system for ndividualizng
soating the energy transmitted the third, to acqua
himself with the laws governing the propagation of ee
trical currents through the earth and air
IN May, 1899, Professor Tesla selected for vario
scientific reasons large plateau slxty-flve hundrt
feet above level in the vicinity of Colorado Spring
where the surroundings contributed ideal conditions f
careful observations. Such were the climatic and 9th
conditions that he could hear claps of thunder four
five hundred miles away; and he could have improve
upon this record had it not been for the tcium of Wal
ing for the sounds to arrive, definite intervals,
shown by an electrical indicating device-nearly
hour before.
Having established his laboratory and adjusted Il
highly sensitive instruments to the propose
experiments, he learned that the earth literal
alive with electrical vibrations Colorado with its d
and rarefed atmosphere is famed for its natural di
plays of electricity; static electricity being abundant
developed. The discharges of lightning during storm
are not only frequent, but often violent to inco