the fantastic inventions of nikola tesla - Exopolitics Hong Kong
the fantastic inventions of nikola tesla - Exopolitics Hong Kong
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ings <strong>the</strong>re or structures.<br />
Q. Tell <strong>the</strong> Court what <strong>the</strong>re was <strong>the</strong>re.<br />
A. There was a brick building in which was located <strong>the</strong> power plant——<br />
Q. Please describe <strong>the</strong> size <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> brick building.<br />
A. The "building forms a square about one hundred by one hundred feet wide and it is<br />
one floor, ra<strong>the</strong>r high, with a ro<strong>of</strong> covered with gravel, as <strong>the</strong>y usually make <strong>the</strong>m.<br />
This building was divided inside in four compartments, two <strong>of</strong> which were very<br />
large, one being <strong>the</strong> machine shop——<br />
Q. How large was that?<br />
A. That was one hundred feet by about thirty-five feet, I should say.<br />
Q. Now tell how big <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r compartments were.<br />
A. The o<strong>the</strong>r one was about one hundred by thirty-five and <strong>the</strong>n <strong>the</strong>se o<strong>the</strong>r two<br />
smaller ones where <strong>the</strong> engines were located on one side and <strong>the</strong> boilers on <strong>the</strong><br />
o<strong>the</strong>r were about thirty by forty, thirty one way and forty <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r.<br />
Q. I think you said <strong>the</strong> building was one story high?<br />
A. Yes.<br />
Q. It had one floor, did it?<br />
A. One floor, yes.<br />
Q. Fur<strong>the</strong>r describe <strong>the</strong> building, if <strong>the</strong>re is any fur<strong>the</strong>r description, and tell <strong>the</strong> Court<br />
whe<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong>re were any brick chimneys, outside chimneys?<br />
A. Oh yes, right in <strong>the</strong> center <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> building rose <strong>the</strong> chimney.<br />
Q. How big was <strong>the</strong> chimney?<br />
A. The chimney was four by four feet; it was calculated to give <strong>the</strong> proper speed to <strong>the</strong><br />
products <strong>of</strong> combustion under <strong>the</strong> boilers.<br />
Q. Of what was <strong>the</strong> chimney composed?<br />
A. Brick.<br />
Q. How high was <strong>the</strong> building?<br />
A. The building might have been, I think <strong>the</strong> extent <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> walls on one side, <strong>the</strong> lowest<br />
part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ro<strong>of</strong> might have been something like twenty-eight feet, I would say.<br />
Q. Twenty-eight feet at <strong>the</strong> corners <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> building?<br />
A. Yes.<br />
Q. And did it have a gable ro<strong>of</strong> or a lantern ro<strong>of</strong>?<br />
A. Yes, as you call it in English—how is this ro<strong>of</strong> called?<br />
Q. I think it is a gable ro<strong>of</strong>.<br />
A. Gable ro<strong>of</strong>. The building was resting on cement foundations and <strong>the</strong>re were <strong>the</strong><br />
usual modern conveniences and——<br />
Q. Tell what you mean by <strong>the</strong> usual modern conveniences?<br />
A. I mean <strong>the</strong> channels for leading <strong>of</strong>f <strong>the</strong> waste, <strong>the</strong> rain drips and all that, and <strong>the</strong>n<br />
attached to it was, <strong>of</strong> course, <strong>the</strong> water pump that pumped <strong>the</strong> water for <strong>the</strong><br />
building.