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WIRELESS POWER
BV RICHARD MAXWELL WINANS
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Prol la has perfecl '?
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urn. -
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far r
vuntually revolutioni
trhol the wort I's ? tal an I
Ah- idvai *" ' "'"
the wii
practical n. At hi
? - Long Island h<
? ; | ai tory resull
? ?ward
rlyand u .luction
in:-. -. : ;? : When
'.."?.' tern at
com*.' ? -.?. ?rid at larj*( shall adopt
wir?!
? ? tion, of d\ n
? '''?'l
?*?(?(?? - tod iy will apilar u the
:. .- p of Aladdin was never
I] ?-. , nor did it ever
reamed-of wonders, as will the
spp? wireless ti ? "! energy to
? ;?; .;.- ?,*:: :. , th? ? /cryday
ent; lei alone the improvi
live genius
eifi ;.
loading up to and the
el--- f the ?I ' thai unexpectedly
... ;..il
il during .. systematii research,
for .- trained him elf, which hi hail
nducted foi ???' *'*?'? "'
f wireless ti ?' energy
thn . . und air, became m
1898 ntial requiremenl -? ? ?"'
,i trememlous power;
tin for individualizing and
,. third, to acquaint
him.. || ,, profjagation "I elec
trough the ? irth ind -nr.
J . for various
five hundred
.. !. -.,!, in th ' Colorado Springs,
th< urroundings contributed ideal i ondition for
the ? limatii and other
.-, i,| thundet four to
n i he . ' .nil have improved
ord had it not been for the tedium of wait
arrive, in definite interval , as
?own by ?i, electrical indicating devic nearly an
'?' . bed in 1 iboratory and adju ted the
? t., the propo ed
meni , h( learned tl irth was literally
sith electrical vibration Colorado, with it dry
?-"?'l rarefied atmosph i med for il natural dis
?? ??!'?' tricii !., tricity being abundantly
?ped. 'lh. ,,, lightning during ?torm
are not only in q .. violent to an i? on
ceivablc degree I lurinj our .?
of imc clcctrii .1 ?tonn approximately twelve thousand
discharges within an observed |*"riod ??
curring in ?id? a radius "t' l<-^ lha i thirty mile Many
"i ili'-.i- discharges were so heavy thai thi*y resembled
gigantic true ? of fire.
About a month afu*r his < 'olorado observations began
Tesla was both urpriscd .nil puzzleil t'. note thai hi*
?nstrurru*nts wc*re affected mon* decidedly by ili ?charges
talcing place at gn t*s than those nearby This
????I .1 pcrplt-xing problem, which wa? made the
mon? mystifying when careful olhiervation di -closed the
fact thai tiir ? I i ? T ? i of di --
i harge , ii??r varying relation between the (?criod. of the
receiving circuits and those of the ?terre trial di tur?
O
SE nighl when meditating over th?*se experien
??,- !.,, "I ,v, uddci - ilbyathu
-,?? though! had pn*sei.! ?I ?ell to me veal
?,u, | had then di mi ?ed il surd and imp
And that night when I to me I banish? 1 ?I
again. Ncverthcl
how I fell thai I wa nearing ? greal revelation.
?H was ?.h the third ol .1 ilj l?09 when I obtained
tne (ir.t ded ive experimental es*id?*?nci ol a truth ol
overwhelming important* for the advancemenl ol hu?
manity A 'Im ? trongly charge cloud
(.p.d m the west, and toward evening a vi
brolte loose which, after spending much of il fury in the
mountains, was driven away with greal velocity over
the plains. H?eavy and long persisting arc formed .d
mosl in regular "m" intervals. My observations were
w greatly facilitated and rendered more accurate by
(>v ilready gained. I was able to handle
. instruments quickly, and was prepared. The re
i( t.i]in? apparatus being properly adju ted, its indica?
tions la-came fainter and fainter with the increasing
'!'?', ? .. ,,f the storm, until th.". ? ??''? '
?ii i .?ii
'
?hile the il
r. Il ? I, ind
ire. Many tii
?
ntil the t< >rm, a c\ idenl i n
'i--il , with n? arly >"ii tatil
ni ? "i abutil tv ' ?
X'.r di<l the i trangi i< ti m top
?;. bul ' ' '11111111? ?'! to m.m
force.
"When 1 marl I ?
nded. I < "ii!.I no! Ix-lii vc whal I
? ally true. It wa ti? .
lion "! Nature to ai cepl immediate!
In ?ti uii-'k . Suli ?cqucntly I . onfi?l<
m\ .i i '.nit. an?! he afterward i on
iil it, a did also a n< ?ted engineer in a
< let-man univer iity. Several opp rl
were ?'*? enu ! later whii h in
- iblj and unmi t.ik.il>!\ th
? ? of th< wonderful phenomenon. No
whatevi r n-m.iiii?-? J I wa obsi n inj
Itiiji" . ?bit1 i ?I ' emed, this ;?
it. ?!. ?.it. ?I v.. t exti nt, 1- ha*. >? '
r ol limited capai ity.
"All 'IT' it. dimini !i a ? the extn me line o?
their radiu in? re1 ?? . Por instai
|. ? t would be exhausted wit Inn a given :
which would I?- determined l>v atmospheri?
i onditi' 'ii . The general la? i ? thai .it oni
i tance the intensity ?-i the effecl is four
t. ,1.1 An. 1 thi^ i, :il .i, inn- ol . 1. . trieal uctivi
ii. . Bul ' -p.- demon trated something that
I together c<mt radii tory to all previou exjiericncr.
Nol only ? "iiId an electrical current be pa
tli? earth with undiminished intensity, but, under cer?
t.nn ? ondition , il . ?uld be even a gmentetl with
nee.
"ilad tin In-? ?n worked oui at thai time i>
would have given us practical wirek
power on a commercial cal< at Ii ist ten yeai ago. I h<
world, however, wa nol then, and is nol yet, i
receivt* it Man thai is, the layman, the man un
ind ?cientifn i ngim
dm nol un I' r land hoa one ? lemenl is related I
other. Ii" I had attempted at thai time to place upon
tli? in.irk? t an app ifa'n for the wireles transmission of
power, th. world would ii"t have titilize<l il It may In.?
befon it i. educated to receive these new ideas
and the |K*rfection "t this discovery. It is difficult for
the average citizen to comprehend or to form an ado
idea of the tremendous ?ignificance of this mar
veloti revelation of Nature, or the ?tupendous pu ibili
developmenl and perfection of this disco v
a heritage t?. humanity."
?"pHE full developm-enl of a pcrssible twenty-five hun
dre i millions of horsepower from the waterfalls and
?treams of the United States has been materially han Ii?
capped and re tricted by the limited area ??ver which
hydroelectric energy may ?be practically transmitted by
win-. The fall. of Niagara alone could be made to sup?
plv a fifth ?of all the power used .it presenl by industry
and the railroads. At some remote day th<-ir power may
be entirely utilized by diverting the full volume through
tunnels to turbina al night, charging immense storage
batteries with its enetty tot use ?Itirn*?^ the next twelve
hour , and again turning the water ?wer the fall during
th<- day t" satisfy the sentiment of the people.
A ide from Niagara, however, mosl ?of the greal power
?tes "f the country are so distant fn>m the centers "i