Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-06
MAN MUST CONTINUE TO
EARN HIS DAILY BREAD
Nikio Tesla, Electrical Engineer
and Scientist, Says One Must
Work to Accomplish Things.
HA y. HOWARD :lELI.,.

NEW YORK. March 5-"Aian mus,
S"h,!m M, 10 earn his daily broad"
says .Niko!1 Tesla. noted electrical en-
siaerr and scientist. "Ie VIII never
he able To corral all Of the loos,. encr-
s'rs OF nature in such way as TO
pF.Ss button and have his three
s ., rssS cooked, served ana al
R":icd Tor him. -ind no field mar
Sha! ia future wars Viii bc able 10
annihi!atc his enemy 10y stepuinp on
4 pedal from his swivel chair miles
according TO 4 cable dispatch re-
ceired frcms London Lord Headi"y
has made public his bolief that IN tn.
IutEF" wars may hc won 10y an Of
3;tGr IN the War Dcpartmcnt Building
dc!rGaiea 10 push that button that
VIII llherate great atomic energy
which. he said. science is now pro-
pairing 10 harness This liberated
could destroy every bit Of hiIna" .nd,
ANNA! life Within hundreds o: square
miles.
THIS declaration has put many poo
ln" to wondering II il is after All pos
sib!s and practical 10 .nvcn; q
OF tn" world can be made TO serve the
purposes Of man.
h"rn"ssing horsepower and circtricai
power is In use IN practically al!
countries Of the world. was asked to
EiNc statement To JulN,rsuG Service
~ tiit iibSslb!sliN -. sue Mr.
Tss.ns statement foliows'
Not having before mo Lord Head
."Ss statement. cannot form az ac-
Erhtr opinion Of what he actually
meant - state. hu, il is evident that
he. IN common with many other mn
"t *C.cnc" SHARES the D, ,icc ~ IN,
possibility OF Harvesting atomic
energy.
This IS a subject tina, has excited
great scientific interest du~irg tho
past thirty years ana has come into
sun greater prominence recently
nave myself spent over twenty 1--WE
years in the study Of this pus sibiliry
ana announced som" cNpcrlUcut.tl re-
suits in that direction lon. ago. nut
! h." conclusion ] have reached IS that
I ne harn"ssinE II The atomic energy
~ one of the most r'marhahl" scion
| ilnC illusions mat has been recorded.
ana II is an iGca involving exactly
The same falipcy "a, mat OF PRODUCING
lcrpctual motion
o Mh !. J., j. prrariiea1igg to lihcrate
mis- process involves always very
much greater amuuu; OF energy
| winch must -" supplied To state tt
plainly. IT rs absolutely Impossible TO
! prudGc. any Kind OF apparatus ui.
machine which viii Operate without
! ans other external agency than by
ne atomic energy liberated.
y" Scif-Arting Engine.
| lh "'"eT words 'hci" can be no
T''i -'''hE ciiG me haSch ON tn" ON
/ pl"Smont Of atomic energy But
/ respective az this. even II for Dur-
| noses Of destructive warfare We
| could iiberat" atomic energy. IL docs
! not follow thar ]: would to- deadly.
! for the bodies might not Offer any ob :
| stacle TO the passage % this kind 81
| energy.
1T VIII be still remembered tina,
! over twenty years ago gave the
! Nrst public exhibition with currents
| OF nigh frequency and high tension
/. when now play such All important
/ Fo!c ~ ;hr arts ON tina; occasion !
| PASSED cIIrrnt o! .56.GBJ VG.t>
| through my body without cuus!u.
! harm. and subsequently demon.
| Slrat"h that the cncrgy O.. inanS
thousands az horsepower could ID.
| transmitted through the human bouy
Without causing death or the Hlightca,
I'm like manner .sne energy libcr,