The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-24
Mayor
NICOLA FIESTA IS PREPARING FOR
 NEW INVENTION
Will Not Announce What It Is s- Says It Will
 Startle World
BY JOHN R. REAL

New York, April 24-Nicola Tesla, electrical genius who has seen many of his scientific pre- dictions come. true, told the United Press today that he is on the verge of announcing a new invention "of incalcuable benefit to the entire world"
 Tt is something overwhelmingly greater than all my other inven- tons," he said.
 with four new inventions will startle the world" I am perfectly confident they will make me many times a millionaire. Then I will ap- ply, on a commercial scale, some of my other inventions, such as the transmission of power by wire less. D
 He would not give any hint of his new invention, but talked en- thusiastically of some of the bene- fits to be derived from application of wireless transmission. "Once I planned to put up a gen. erating plant in the Azores" he said. There is about 50,000 horse- power of electrical energy available there. could have illuminated the whole Atlantic at night with that energy. The light would be like the Aurora Barealis. It would be weak, but sufficient to recognize objects. Think of the benefit to navigation.
 That's a practical application of wireless power transmission. l believe the time will come when all countries will be illuminated at night. Think how that would be in war. Think how 1t would prevent crime--for night is a breeding place for crime"
 The famous inventor, whose thin, astute features bear considerable resemblance to Henry Ford's spoke quietly and earnestly of how the same prinviple would affect flying.
 "Airplanes would not have to have gasoline motors. They would be able to soar high on power drawn from generating station on land. They would have unlimited cruising radius.
 "International complications. ac- cording to Tesla, have prevented applications of the principle here tofore.
 "The power would all go through the world, into every country" he explained. I've can't do that yet. I plications have resulted from ra- dio transmission--and the energy used in radio transmission is only a fration of that which will be transmitter throughout the world by my power generation station.
 q can prevent the power from being stolen. A very clever elec- trican might be able to steal some of the power, but he would have to spend perhaps $100 to steal $1 worth. But it would be dishonest. Only persons equipped with my individualizing apparatus would be able to take the power.
 Telsa told how he once tried to demonstrate his principle on a smaller scale, one without inter national complications" He erected a generating plant on Long Island in 1901 to furnish sufficient power to give light in any part of the world where a man had the "in- dividualizing'' equipment to receive
 "That was a very useful appli- cation," he said.
 what prevented the demonstra- tion? It was this. l had expended S750.0OO at my own expense. had no more money. The panic came. It was too far ahead, and there were none but doubters around. 3
 q hope to be in a position to apply these ideas myself. I'm very vigorous.
 "But if don't apply there prin- ciples theer will be others to do 1t eventually. You are young. You will live to see these wonders"