Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-28 | Page 6 | Planes of Future to Use Radio Power, Tesla Says

planes of Future to Use UseI I Radio Power T Tesla esla Says Nicola Tesla Tesa pioneer electrical genius has made startling predictions pre pre- dictions to the UI United ted Press of the uses to which electrical energy will be put in the near future While his predictions sound as fantastic fan fan- to modern ears as the fanciful predictions of Jules Verne did to ro his generation Tesla's are arc backed by an impressive reputation In his branch of science His name is conn connected ted with more than devices and improvements in electrical technology Following is the first of two articles on his predictions NEW YORK UP UP Power Power transmission by wireless soon will give the be world undreamed of ot marvels in transportation and comfort Nicola Tesla the Jules Verne of ot modem modern science predicted today in an Interview interview inter inter- view with the United d Press 7 i Airplanes freed of ot the weight and limitations of combustion ion motors will soar with unlimited cruising radii high above the Atlantic and Pacific on power supplied by a shore plant lant Whole continents will vill be lighted at night ight by a man made eurora borealis Oceans will be similarly Explorers hibernating In snow cov coy ered shacks at the south pol pole moun moun- scaling virgin peeks pecks ivory traders penetrating Africa's jungles will vill carry portable apparatus by which they will tune in power emanating thousands of miles away avey to light their lampsI lamps I 11 may not see these things while r I am om alive Tesla Team said but there will be plenty to carry out these un Un- That I shall not see them themis themis' is is' is a minor consideration Contempo Contempo- ary success has very little attraction for or me It is not a n lack of technical development devel devel- that prevents these wonders from rom being accomplished now Tesla said aid but only his financial inability to 0 carry them through himself I have spen spent my life to perfect a system t to transmit energy he saidI said I 1 have perfected an entirely new principle in power transmission My lIy device evice is capable of ot transmitting energy en ergy practically without loss to any distance whatsoever You think I cannot launch this enterprise enterprise en en- I tell you I would have no difficulty even i in l the depression Several everal syndic syndicates tes ore are mine to com corn mand But they want to sell stock to the public To this I would never consent My attitude is very foolish I realize real ize ze because I am convinced that noth moth lug ing ng great can be ac accomplished without without with- with out ut the help of the public But if I Ido Ido Ido do apply my principle of power transmission transmission transmission trans trans- mission I 1 shall shell do it myself It is too far ar ahead just now and there arc too toom toom m many y doubters around Tall Toll thin and austere Tesla is an imposing figure as he approaches 77 He works daily at independent research research re- re search earch not connected with any of the syndicates because I 1 never could invent in in- vent anything in factories I couldn't concentrate and concentration is the only way to accomplish anything When asked by telephone for an intervIew Tesla said sold he would meet the he reporter at the public library But will we be able to talk there he ic was asked Surely he replied He wore a block black suit black topcoat black lack derby and carried a cane He glanced around the spacious lobby for fora a place to sit sll He selected a marble bench on the first landing of oC the stair stair- way A bum who had drifted in off the he street was at one end of oC the bench asleep or drunk A men man on another bench near by put aside his Hebrew newspaper and listened in amazement as Tesla talked earnestly of the marvels to come The scientist was entirely oblivious of ot the people who passed He was asked if it a recent successful tr trial 1 of ot a radio adio train at Boise City Okla augured a new era in railway transportation In this trial rial two handcars handcars hand hand- cars carrying a secret apparatus made madea a seven mile run on power transmitted transmitted trans trans- from stationary generators by short wave radio He had read o ot of the test The transmission of energy was b by very short waves which have a tendency tend tend- ncy ency to in propagate straight lines he said The difference between my ray principle and the one used in Oklahoma Oklahoma Okla OhIo homa is that in my device th the energy y travels in the shortest possible line to o the receiver no matter where it itis itis is located located located-in In the air or on land laud