The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-09
gDS SECRET OF ENDING ENERGY THROUGH ETHER
Wireless Transmission Of Power Claimed By
 Nikola Tesla
By RODNEY F. DUTcHER2


 NEW YORK, March S.-The dreams |of Industrial magnates, pioneers in aer4l and maritime adventure, and sciettists who have long sought a scheme for the transmission of energy by wireless, are about to come true. Nkola Tesla, veteran inventor in 1 the radio field, broke silence of years t0dS6 and announced the perfection of . skstem whereby he could transmit poNtr without wires. The realization { of this dream has been the life aim of < the pioneer inventor, and for the lHst ssvdral years Prof. Tesla has virtually secluded himself from the rest of the wor]ds living almost hermits life, to be dbl4 to devote all his energy to the q dev$l0Dment of his power transmission Rkof. Tesla was born in Serbia in 18W. He came to the United States in \ 1863 and took out naturalization papers. His i8seducation was received at the Uni ], ver4ty of Prague. He holds honorary < degrees from Yale and Columbia uni- svsrefties and from the Polytechnic in vie1na.
 
 f ' SS&turiay Prof. Tesla came forth from X hi1 hermetical seclusion and in a voice a of ringing triumph proclaimed to the world his system, as comprising an ! electrical generator, which delivers its ! energy into the earth, and stores it 2 therh, whence it can be unlocked by anyQne having the proper magical elec{rical key.
 BY means of his system, the inventor doclfred that it would be possible to trunsmit power for the operation of ships and aircraft, for illumination and machinery, to the greatest terrestrial &Za4Anre with smaller losses than are noW Experienced in metallic circuits. m discussing the possibility of trans mittIng power by wireless in sufficient quRAtity for aircraft, ships and all kinds of machines, Prof. Telsa said |: Mot only is this possible, but I am confidently expecting that by far the largest amount of energy will be trans mitted in the. future by this manner Ia addition to- the transmission of poMer over long stretches by wireless, the professuf believes it will be possi- ble 10 explode distant stores of ex- plosiyes, collected in arsenals, warships or what not.
 Energy Not Conveyed ss.
 It is true that my franstnitter pro- duces an effect all over the. globe, but 1t is only force that is conveyed to every point, not; energy. It is only y-the machine properly constructed and adapted sthatsiis capable of collecting the energy. To make this understand abIes to d non.technical man, suppose that the earth were hollow reservoir intoi which water is forced by a pump. It Aoes not require much scientific knowledge to perceive that the pressure will exist everywhere yet no energy will be consumed. .4.t
 1But the moment this reservoir is . tapred, and the water is permitted to sdriEe an engine, energy is derived from the pump. In my system the energy is rasased by something like a combina- tionl lock, and only those who Have the combination can draw upon the source" Id addition to his other remarkable. disclosures, the professor made. the sur prisfng declaration that a so7called ssaeftxian waves"---a supposed medium for the transmission of wireless smes- sages-do not exist, and that speech may be transmitted through the earth.
 The veteran inventor declared that he would soon construct plant for the purpose of demonstrating that power mayfbe transmitted by wireless.