"Were we," remarks B. A. Behrend, distinguished author and engineer, "to seize and to eliminate the results of Mr. Tesla's work, the wheels of industry would cease to turn, our electric cars and trains would stop, our towns would be dark, and our mills would be dead and idle."
Tesla's inventions around the turn of the 20th century are related to the current level of technology we see today, yet he doesn't get the recognition he deserves. He developed 3 phase power, the fluorescent bulb, wireless radio...things we take for granted today. Over 700 U.S. patents. Some of his experiments were extremely dangerous. His work with lightning and atmospheric agitation were such that he claimed he could "split the earth in half". After reading about him I believe he could do it. He was fascinated with resonance and nearly brought down a highrise building under construction in New York with a small device placed on the structural steel vibrating at a low frequency. He rubbed shoulders with the likes of Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, Mark Twain and J. P. Morgan. A brilliant engineer but not much of a money man, he died penniless in New York and immediately the FBI moved in to confiscate his notes and files.
You can read more on this remarkable man here....
http://www.frank.germano.com/nikolatesla.htm
Tesla's inventions around the turn of the 20th century are related to the current level of technology we see today, yet he doesn't get the recognition he deserves. He developed 3 phase power, the fluorescent bulb, wireless radio...things we take for granted today. Over 700 U.S. patents. Some of his experiments were extremely dangerous. His work with lightning and atmospheric agitation were such that he claimed he could "split the earth in half". After reading about him I believe he could do it. He was fascinated with resonance and nearly brought down a highrise building under construction in New York with a small device placed on the structural steel vibrating at a low frequency. He rubbed shoulders with the likes of Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, Mark Twain and J. P. Morgan. A brilliant engineer but not much of a money man, he died penniless in New York and immediately the FBI moved in to confiscate his notes and files.
You can read more on this remarkable man here....
http://www.frank.germano.com/nikolatesla.htm