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Nikola Tesla:
A Brief
Introduction
Jonathan Eisen
Nikola Tesla was arguably the greatest inventive genius of the twentieth
century, perhaps the greatest at least as far back as Leonardo da Vinci.
What a shame and an indictment on our educational institutions that his
name enlists barely a mention here and there in the hallways of learning.
When pressed, electrical engineers, who in fact owe their livelihood to
Tesla, will tell you that Tesla invented alternating current and the "Tesla coil"
which they play around with every so often when they have to. But they will
probably not be able to tell you anything about his other 700 basic patents.
Or his ability to fetch electricity from the ambient atmosphere. Or his
conclusion that the earth itself is a capacitor, and his experiments with
transmitting electricity around the globe to virtually anywhere. Or his
invention of the radio (well before Marconi), X-rays, the transistor and
countless other inventions so far ahead of the times that even today they
are still virtually unknown.
Even so, his bladeless turbine does seem to be making something of a
comeback. And the Tesla Society is trying to interest the world in reviving
some of his other lost inventions. He was convinced that "free energy"
is a fact, rather than mere speculation, and over the years he has
become something of a magnate for people working in the field.
Tesla's legacy is well known to a small-but-growing group of interested
scientists and researchers. His astonishing story is recounted still: How
he tore up his contract with Westinghouse in order for his alternating current
electrification of America to proceed; how he had the rug pulled out
from under him by J. P. Morgan when it looked as though his Colorado
Springs experiments showed that wireless electricity transmission was
feasible; how his Wardenclyffe tower on Long Island was destroyed when
it seemed that his new system was about to supplant his old AC system,
making free electricity available to everyone.