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Nikola
experimented with resonant circuits at great voltages. He believed that they could carry
power, without loss, to great distances, negating the need for power transmission wire.
Ok: He was wrong about the losses, but he suggested that possibility because he believed
that because the earth itself could be made to resonant  at some frequency, and at that frequency electrical loss would be
minimal. How close he was! Submarine communications now DO take place at sub-multiples of
the earth's natural resonant frequency because it IS less lossy. He also experimented with
the awesome power of mechanical resonances, nearly shaking apart a building from a device
attached to a basement beam. He stopped the experiment and destroyed the
auto-resonance-finding device, fearing it would be used for war purposes. Nikola Tesla's
had not only a very inventive but an imaginative mind. He wanted to contact the Martians
using his huge "Tesla" coils crackling with deadly man-made lightning sending
signals through the ether. He invented, or should I dare say, was the first to even THINK
of the concept of the ROBOT. He built a semi-submerged "Telautomaton" boat
complete with reception aerials in the mid 1890's! ( Perhaps it is Nikola Tesla who helped
the public become aware that our future and other worlds may NOW be full of
"Telautomatons" that made H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds a frightening
possibility. )
1) A Man Out
of Time - by Margaret Cheney Find out why the Smithsonian and others refuse to
acknowledge Nikola Tesla's life accomplishments with an exhibit or even a kind word, and
what YOU can do about it.
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If you never heard of Tesla, it is because his name and
his contributions were minimized by friends (backers) of Thomas Edison such as General
Electric. Edison was in direct competition (DC - pun intended) with George Westinghouse's
plan to wire cities using his patented ALTERNATING CURRENT. Edison was a DC man. Edison
was completely WRONG: DC is simply too lossy and can't be transformed to different
voltages via induction devices. With AC one can also build brushless motors. When it came
to AC, Edison had no choice but to try to scare the public into rejecting it. Edison had
animals, sometimes horses, electrocuted in public by AC voltages as high as 2000 volts to
prove his point. It was later found, by the medical community, that given a certain
voltage, DC is much more dangerous than AC because of it's polarizing effect on nerves and
the body's electrolytes. Hence the electric chair evolved into strictly a DC appliance (
UL approved -wink, wink). He is somewhat known by the ham community for his contributions
to the science of radio in the field of tuned circuits but to the general public he is
"Nikola Who???". I guarantee you that you CANNOT, even a few hours, avoid using
a device or system that was not spawned by the genious of Nikola Tesla. May I suggest the
books and other internet sites below. 
