Tesla's tower at Wardenclyffe for sending messages across <strong>the</strong> Atlantic and electricity into <strong>the</strong> atmosphere as it appeared in 1904. The letterhead for his stationary, promising "ten million Horsepower" <strong>of</strong> "Electrical oscillator activity."
In <strong>the</strong> latter part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> same month I noticed several times that my instruments were affected stronger by discharges taking place at great distances than by those near by. This puzzled me very much. What was <strong>the</strong> cause? A number <strong>of</strong> observations proved that it could not be due to <strong>the</strong> differences in <strong>the</strong> intensity <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> individual discharges, and I readily ascertained that <strong>the</strong> phenomenon was not <strong>the</strong> result <strong>of</strong> a varying relation between <strong>the</strong> periods <strong>of</strong> my receiving circuits and those <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> terrestrial disturbances. One night, as I was walking home with an assistant, meditating over <strong>the</strong>se experiences, I was suddenly staggered by a thought. Years ago, when I wrote a chapter <strong>of</strong> my lecture before <strong>the</strong> Franklin Institute and <strong>the</strong> National Electric Light Association, it had presented itself to me, but I had dismissed it as absurd and impossible. I banished it again. Never<strong>the</strong>less, my instinct was aroused and somehow I felt that I was nearing a great revelation. It was on <strong>the</strong> third <strong>of</strong> July—<strong>the</strong> date I shall never forget— when I obtained <strong>the</strong> first decisive experimental evidence <strong>of</strong> a truth <strong>of</strong> overwhelming importance for <strong>the</strong> advancement <strong>of</strong> humanity. A dense mass <strong>of</strong> strongly charged clouds ga<strong>the</strong>red in <strong>the</strong> west and towards <strong>the</strong> evening a violent storm broke loose which, after spending much <strong>of</strong> its fury in <strong>the</strong> mountains, was driven away with great velocity over <strong>the</strong> plains. Heavy and long persisting arcs formed almost in regular time' intervals. My observations were now greatly facilitated and rendered more accurate by <strong>the</strong> experiences already gained. I was able to handle my instruments quickly and I was prepared. The recording apparatus being properly adjusted, its indications became fainter and fainter with <strong>the</strong> increasing distance <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> storm, until <strong>the</strong>y ceased altoge<strong>the</strong>r. I was watching in eager expectation. Surely enough, in a little while <strong>the</strong> indications again began, grew stronger and stronger and, after passing through a maximum, gradually decreased and ceased once more. Many times, in regularly recurring intervals, <strong>the</strong> same actions were repeated until <strong>the</strong> storm which, as evident from simple computations, was moving with nearly constant speed, had retreated to a distance <strong>of</strong> about three hundred kilometers. Nor did <strong>the</strong>se strange actions stop <strong>the</strong>n, but continued to manifest <strong>the</strong>mselves with undiminished force. Subsequently, similar observations were also made by my assistant, Mr. Fritz Lowenstein, and shortly afterward several admirable opportunities presented <strong>the</strong>mselves which brought out, still more forcibly, and unmistakably, <strong>the</strong> true nature <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> wonderful phenomenon. No doubt whatever remained: I was observing stationary waves. As <strong>the</strong> source <strong>of</strong> disturbances moved away <strong>the</strong> receiving circuit came successively upon <strong>the</strong>ir nodes and loops. Impossible as it seemed, this planet, despite its vast extent, behaved like a conductor <strong>of</strong> limited dimensions. The tremendous significance <strong>of</strong> this fact in <strong>the</strong> transmission <strong>of</strong> energy by my system had already become quite clear to me. Not only was it practicable to send telegraphic messages to any distance without wires, as I recognized long ago, but also to impress upon <strong>the</strong> entire globe <strong>the</strong> faint modulations <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> human voice, far more still, to transmit power, in unlimited amounts, to any terrestrial distance and almost without any loss. Experimental Laboratory, Colorado Springs. With <strong>the</strong>se stupendous possibilities in sight, with <strong>the</strong> experimental evidence before me that <strong>the</strong>ir realization was henceforth merely a question <strong>of</strong> expert knowledge, patience and skill, I attacked vigorously <strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong> my magnifying transmitter, now, however, not so much with <strong>the</strong> original intention <strong>of</strong> producing one <strong>of</strong> great power, as with <strong>the</strong> object <strong>of</strong> learning how to construct <strong>the</strong> best one. This is, essentially, a circuit <strong>of</strong> very high self-induction and small resistance which in its arrangement, mode <strong>of</strong> excitation and action, may be said to be <strong>the</strong> diametrical opposite <strong>of</strong> a transmitting circuit typical <strong>of</strong> telegraphy by Hertzian or electromagnetic radiations. It is difficult to form an adequate idea <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> marvelous power <strong>of</strong> this unique appliance, by <strong>the</strong> aid <strong>of</strong> which <strong>the</strong> globe will be transformed. The electromagnetic radiations being reduced to an insignificant quantity, and proper conditions <strong>of</strong> resonance maintained, <strong>the</strong> circuit acts like an immense pendulum, storing indefinitely <strong>the</strong> energy <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> primary exciting impulses and impressions upon <strong>the</strong> earth and its conducting atmosphere uniform
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image of Francis Joseph I. There wa
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