Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-02-25
: CLAIMS MAN WILL CUTFLY BIRD. :


lFron. Mcclure : Magazine
In these wonderful days when the
conquest of the air u going 81 before
our very eyes. when armies and navics
arc arming for battles ia the sky, when
dirigiblcs are travcrSing continents and
arroplancs are Drawing Tics width of
oceans. IL IN hard X Sec how amy y
can deny that we are on the threshold
Of ! great new era ia human affairs.
"Arc We near the end vi our aerial
progress asked Nikol Tesla. great
scientist and original d%iscovcrrr NJ wire
less. who has always lived IN advance oi
his time.
"Thr end !' NV said. We ARE srarir-
u at the beginning. We have only seen
the first glimpse nj acronauiical posi-
blitirs. The real development VT air
flight will not come until aeroplanes
and dirigiblrs are driven by motors
turned TN wireless energy sent from "
distance
You mean that acroplaHus and diri
giblcS viii carry no engines
Exactly. They viii carry no cn-
gincs and nu fuel. Think nf thr saving
i'll weight They viii get their power
through the ether from great central
power transmitting stations. Such IN
station could bc built todav-it woul.l
take about J. months % build it-for
one fourth the cost ci " single battle
ship. SAY 13.O0O.00O.
The cost 81 operating tins wireless
power transmission station VIII hr
about the same per horsepower aS that
of an ordinary electric water power
plant. whore power II transmitted over
wires. as from Niagara. One such str
ton In America wilt b. sufficient 20 op-
crate y whole fleet ~ acrorlanc> over
an unlimited radius.
An unlimited radius! How do you
mean. M
~ mean that this fleet oi wir,l"Ssly
driven acroplancs will bc able ~ ay
over the curth'S entire surface. Some
can wv flying IN Europe. some w ASIA,
some in Africa. I'D driven from z single
wireless station in America. That home
station win provide W reservoir WITT. -Hy,
10000 horse power, available anywhere.
upon which thc whole fleet oI aero
planes can draw according to their
needs.
-.lIuw large y fleet could ho operated
from one station !
"A fleet of 1000 a"ropianes easily. IA
they aIl rly at once there viii NY" iI
horse powcr for each acroplaue. III only
half nj them Ily at once there Will hn
4O horse power for each. MI none Wy.
them are flying there will b. practical
.ly no expenditure ri power. Just An an
electric lamp consumes electricity onlt
when IT Il lighted. The airmau NJ thv
future. when hc wishes to fly. viii sim.
ply open thr power receiver 0i hl> orr.
%oylauc. exactly IS Won turn on an clnr-
trio light. and power wiz flow to him
nrrhanS thousands of miles from thc
homo station.
GLOW long will these wirclesslv dri-
vcn arropl1nrs w able to continue their
flights in the air.
.Indcfnitcly. They need come down
only for supplies. They can stay uI
Tor DAYS or weeks. just a. electric lamps
burn for days nr weeks. The home sta
ton viii send forth IT. power cease
.lcsSly.'
What force will operate the rcncr-
ators w these wireless power stations
| asked.
Either the power Mi waterfalls IN
the wasted heat wv iron and steel tur-
naccs and coke ovens. The amount Of
such available energy. now wasted n
enormous.
VIII these power transmission sta
tions hc built with great towers, hEc
our present wireless plants
No: there VIII hc no towers. IN
.utirylv different method nf power
transmission viii hr used. Y method that
have worked out through years n
studv and experiment and recently per.
.trctrI. These power transmission sta
.tions of the future will rcv0lutionizo
human affairs. for this wireless power
viii operate mot only distant acroplan,s
and dirigiblcs. but also distant trolleyS-
railroad trains. steamboats, and all man-
ner of machines. for All kinds of useful
work. Countries favored with power
producing facilities will export power
through the ether 10 other less favored
countries. This Will tend ~ bring TO-
gath.r the whole human racr.n