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Re: Laser guided Tesla Coil



Original poster: Mddeming@xxxxxxx Many of the popular-technology-type magazines of the first half of the 20th century contained three type of articles: "How To", "New Products & Processes" and some "Concept Articles" by futurists about predictions of things that might possibly come to be. Tesla never wrote the first type. In the earlier years, his name was quite frequently in the second group, and in the later years, he was an increasingly heavy contributor to the third type. He had a beautifully optimistic vision of the future and in the ability of technology to cure all the problems of mankind, as did other futurists from Verne and Wells, to Asimov and Bradbury. This was embedded in the Late Victorian philosophy of "Onward and upward forever!" We know that many of his prognostications were right on, some were superceded by later developments, and some were just dead wrong, because they violated underlying physical principles. This does not take away from the great many things he did accomplish. His genius was in putting "things" together to create useful electrical and mechanical devices before anyone else thought of them. In applying electromagnetic phenomena he was unsurpassed, but in understanding the nature of EM phenomena, he was, IMO, a little light.This is OK, just as the world's most creative master chefs being little light in the biology, organic and physical chemistry that underlie food, does not detract from their accomplishments. It is in the role of infallible prophet and "Electromagnetic Nostradamus", some of which was due to self-promotion, and some by post-mortem devotees, that problems occur and much time and energy is put into
dead-end efforts.
Until relatively recently, (historically speaking), it was perfectly acceptable to offer as scientific "proof" the phrase "Aristotle said..." While this method has been discarded by the scientific community, many New-Agers are still comfortable with the "Proof" of "Tesla said.." or even "Tesla is reported to have said..."

Fact: Tesla never developed the "ionizing ray" or lasers any more than the cartoonist to drew "Flash Gordan" did.
    Fact: No one has ever built a 10-12 MV coil.
Fact: A Newspaper article titled, "Tesla Predicts....." does not mean it is, or ever was, possible.

Matt D.

"SKATAH!" Aristotle (c.300 BCE)


In a message dated 2/22/07 2:33:37 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
Original poster: "Gary Peterson" <g.peterson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


>Original poster: "Anthony R. Mollner" <penny831@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>. . . How do you find these appropriate quotes anyways?
>Tony

I work with Tesla writings on a regular basis.  Perhaps it's like a
cowboy remembering individuals in a herd of cattle.  I guess you
could say that I'm a word wrangler.  Also the "Edit; Find" feature helps a lot.

Here's another quote that's equally appropriate for this thread:

"There is a method of conveying great power to ships at sea which
would be able to propel them across oceans at high speed.  This
method I conceived between 1897 and 1899, and in Colorado Springs in
1899 I made experiments along this line on a large scale.

"The principle is this: A ray of great ionizing power is used to give
to the atmosphere great powers of conduction.  A high tension current
of 10,000,000 to 12,000,000 volts is then passed along this ray to
the upper strata of the air, which strata can be broken down very
readily and will conduct electricity very well.

"A ship would have to have equipment for producing a similar ionizing
ray. The current which has passed through the stratosphere will
strike this ray, travel down it and pass into the engines which
propel the ship. [Tesla Predicts Ships Powered by Shore Beam, New
York Herald Tribune, May 5, 1935, www.tfcbooks.com/tesla/1935-05-05.htm .]

Regards,
Gary







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