June, 1915 THE ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTER 39
An Interview With Nikola Tesla, Electrical Wizard
By Samuel Cohen
HER Juetion arge electrical dis- chine of ach power must
[tests es at am cvare Charges, such = i we ihe
to meet a ‘letra ay Will be the more nese may kill the experime
“ated that ft a conarderable. dita
0 machine, “Mr Tes
the world Before
so dian
go you dont think streamers. from end, to end. mesure
mt 7a second faster’ when feet and the cursent feng ino the a
fice, pera ing in 1899, caused by “balls of fre” strike
fhreshnold of the ing out ito the stmoophere
Mr. Niko Tesla duce The metal halls of the coil here shown
V sult T fot like Eics ata Irementy of 1200 gees per
this en Thad atked to other great i : seconds, ‘Some of these discharges were
emtors and scent ene z te alf times. as Targe as. com
Dressed ily, by thse men, but ‘ from ‘ighining discharges, and they could
ch extent aa whan | enered 5 Berheatd twelve mics away from 1 a
raster elec roratas sin fs observed seated and
hie who. Bae produced el Pending Faraday's scleniic books,
ese Baht marble man has spent a
After a few iminutes Twas k amtof time and money
fngo the presence of Me. Nikola Tesla, wn i aovaratus forthe transmit
Mood in'the corner of the room awa without the aid of a
nee 1 aseed is" ate ‘photo, Fig: 2, shove
hiewements, sasonly. sil Bie eta holng fat ni hands a" Vnch
nd Wid me frst of some of his expert late lh, which is highly exhaled a
fees some years agoy wien he prodced Eontaining’ 2 dcop of mercury. The eee
Some of the largest ‘electrical dlachary flea povice received by. thi tube is obs
ver attempted by man. He spoke of fined ‘rem 2 loop of wire located behind
the sereen, which fs supplied with an ultra
“ I eitemey current. The tue was ot
which he-made in 3 "i. onserted. ih anyway tothe appara
Fg beremith showa kone of te aye i the current was sent throngh
fatss for the prosveion of very * high potential current was
‘sreqsenes, high tention currents. Tide nthe bul whch vaporized the
vats was’ le fn 1900 fore plant peres; with a maximum pot
‘Colorad> Springs. "At this plant aad in NON volls. The power supplied
the same year he made a number of vali machine: was 08) kilowatts. These. vot o
le discoveries, “Among these was. one ayes ate high enough, but Mr. ‘Tesla de- fight of this tuber with am dustatiancots
a patent was recently granted to signed larger apparatts capable of reach oF snapshot expoumre, “Mr, Tella has a
hime "This patent ‘covers the’ method of ing'a tension of 100000000 volts A ina- (Contimaed on page S3pJune, 1915,
EDISON RECEIVES CIVIC FORUM
MEDAL,
or and World Benefactor" was
the inscription ‘om the gold medal of
Grice’ Forum, which was presented to
‘Thomas A. Tedion om May in Carnegie
Hallas 2 national testimonial.” President
Buder, of Columbia University, wig pre=
i sad
sided Sn made the presenta
This gold medal it not awarded for any
san achicvemest, but for dist
Schicvement an in recogition of a great
farecr which hing place anne the, very
ighest tn the roll of uma history.”
Ariane assemblage of world-famous
ieee
iglie‘mo. Marconi, the distinguished
wireless inventor, was prevent on the plate
Yorm a0
“Te would be uscless for. me to say that
where Ts the greatest admiration for Mr
Eiison in Barope. {f anything, its grea
proud ‘of the fact that Mr.
American, vT am glad for’ us. Esropeane
that Me Edison belongs to the
Letter: from ex-President "Theodore
Roosevelt and” ex-President Wiliam, 11
Tate, Alexander ‘Grahaan el td c's
were read by Revere Brakine Ely, 9 teustee
Di the Forum, Those who lauded the work
fand personality of Mr."Edison in addresses
‘were ‘Nicholas Nreay tle, ex-Gover
wor J. Franklin Fort ol New lerary. George
Mestieny, "Guglielmo Marcont President
Richard €, Matauri of the Massachscts
Institute of Pechnclosy, Charles A. Catt
Chairman of the loard af the General Bh
frie Coy, Dr. Joh A, Brashear, the. Pitts
burgh astronomer, “and” De. Charles P
Stetnmets
Bercy Mackaye recited a poem he lial
writen for the oesadion, Here are the
AA thomaand leagues on the Arctic sea
A ship went down throngh the frozen
Moe
tain ad crew they watched her g¢
Phy, cam he clot ce
cy cheered her lily
And far peoples chanted hor prise with
them
Where 2"plonograph, from her el
ested ta the stars her renem.
Atte
‘A thonsand leagues throweh the
eae set losing ce ja’ eal
separ nor lon cold stay his seat
‘Nor sleeping: testh nor Hoa
‘row not the monsters" Soo,
at heed then
By. a tape of movie fim, to pla
live thregh the
‘Wid tie wonder ee Broad!
A thousand leagues. or a thomsand years,
‘Are motes in the gaze ‘of the seeking
nn:
ser radiance thought can fnd
® them, “Go om that
"To Ulazen tm
Round Ares moan aad Afvie su—
“The clea mind Of Hlson
‘The metal, whic
smeally by the Citfe Forum for distinguished
Pane stevice, was mative and elaborate
Ease year it wae awarded to Col, Goethals.
On July 1st the subscription price of the
“BLE ove to $100. Subeoribe me
pee 38
THE ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTER 4s
The Tower of Jewels at Frisco’s Exposition
The Tower of Jeseels, the. dominating
piece of architec of the ent Pauana
Preis Exposition rere ium
nated for the fst time. That i doer mot
Wit iis tile is evideced bp is beauty
tehen it is lumioted. Phere aze 125,000
jewels or nowagems used io dgcorate the
lower, whieh ands ‘on the “Avenue ‘of
Palins an ig the work of SfcKim, Afead
White or New Yorks Bach of tie 1
AN INTERVIEW. WITH NIKOLA
TESLA.
(Continued from page 9.
fromber of atariling new discoveries amd
Inventone in the elcetrial ey which he
foes not care i announce at prevent, and
fe” gomadiers "these Later of areater
moment than si clectrieal work he has s0
Far"one. THe intends inthe near Tucure
transmit trelessly_ speech nd cher
Around the world from hse very powertul
tlectrie wave station om Tong Tilt, which
{sae yor tot comoleted, fut which will he
Shishell, soon undoubiedly. "Air. Tests
ated. “thst the day wilson eume when
Few show the world that the transmis
Hon of power. and speech without the aid
‘of any wires is posse
Lin Teste was the frat ioventor of the
induction motor and the sysvem of alere
hating torrent ‘power transmission, popt
140 jewels is tacked by a mitor the 3
truciuce, the i
Priest, the Adventurer” art the
the
eof Jahn Flanagan, of New York.
Under the tawer are fect long nurals
Ie Eiiwesd Simmons This fe anly one
ohh Vrenially Huan bull
Fenown as two-page, theee-phase. or
iNceeatel a revolt
ctriesl engineering and a¥e now
Shinerslly dented
THis muse important recent, work is the
discovery nf a new meceanieal principle
tina he as embodiel in a geent variety
i enti ua reverstie gas, steam
yn waver” qartines, “mechanical atse
Tits prince enables, the production of
prime! muvers capable of developing. ten
[imepoucrs or even more, for each pound
(welche in she: machine.
brine, mver_ could be very_stecte-fully
{red inthe. propulsion of weasels at ex:
tremely high seeds, he explained
The’ allotted time! grew short. and ina
few minutes the ggeat. inventor, bil "me
Afex and f left the presence of one of
ihe world's moct diatingutshed sclentn's of
Whom it has righty been said: "He lives
2 humdred years Ahead of his: ens