692 ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTER February, 1919 Famous Scientific Illusions By NIKOLA TESLA Wrinon specially forthe Becca! Bepnimestor lly mew to think about, Frst—Doet the moon per ‘Third—Do wirelem signals fy They propagated thru the earth at prodigious velocity by mea dons whieh have been, enawered te may ways by some of the fallacies inn masterly wy, se thet everyone com understand ‘ew three predominant them TE loan beain, with all is, ons elecisic eyeront according ¢o a chidishly realy, The greatest irigmphs of man ‘erful capibiliiy and powers iy ar fiuple rule The miter, who was knows were’ shove te Sitch tis mind tad to free from being a. {aaiess apparatus, fo reeke entre vokomes ty Hear Ane never sll roms the inbuence" of deusive. ape fom of fe parts miy he Miperfect een alle to realm in memory and. ve pearances.” Sach "ne. the resclaten “of Working “ofder “but some. are capitulate in their proper order the words Buddha that salf ig an Whsien caused by atrophied, undeveloped. or missing, alte: Sesighating the gels of the faimbowy and the persistence and coalinaity. of mental EMte “Great min oF all inner aed pros Cam oly eersin them after Teng anda Images the discovery of Copernicus that, Doris thong, sang 8 tay seen teal errata his pant Stet teem ioe te Get sad crate i Bes ies iat anl Seepite AE ascablnce ofite Bearer that we uaa beg weaettes te ereteahe ene h, Sige Wand steatcrsr aan aoauen elven Or ener Saer Nig dat Wee Cou le‘Teand ade astune’ so"ahty“ et cur pemenien, Sareta the Leu got at asi het, NEUE SMe Ses ON SE SEM Eonar iba Satine Aud Sete nia ot itl at Sther and: science Semin ma eee site aalisetes tad memes Eh a ated mein hems podamelatee ee atie Bienes tht Sead Bren Pabiarreted pe Nah oad: Sa ar seat gchar eteFebruary. 1919 gt iteigenct have been aie to dispel Experimental scene’ cll, most positive oof not ama Tie Tollgwing Lslall consider the eecertonayncening rae he Nomina high fave for yease donated the minds of experts and sen of selene 1. The Mlusion of the Axial Rot ison af the Moon. Je i well Knows since the discovery arlene he oof rave tearards the enrth, This is explsiaed: eigen le oan ome lobe performs jon ene revolution on felts the Spine motion of heavenly body tus) necessarily” un ergo’ tvodifcacions inthe course fine, being either retarded Wyre Snces internal oF externa, of aedler ited" oming to shrinkage and other ses, Ad halterable foci: tir all phase of p Tatcn is manitestty impa ‘wonder then, that at tie ‘ol ite long’ existence our “satellite Should reveive exactly sor and not inter ot slowest may Guo. ners hve accepted as a piysteal fact {ar aoeh rotation takes pce Tt does fe, Ua oly appease i iran Tewil Cndesvor to make this clear ty eeference to figs |, im wich E rep Frsents the earth and Mt the moon ‘The’ movement thea space is such tat hc artows, Emly attached to the latter heaps peeupies she postion dndisted Suit reference. tothe enh, Tf one Inagines Tamsell at ooking’ down on the orbital plave and follows the mo- tion he wil beconne comvnced. ia the smo doer ry ne ais asf travels round. yt inthis very set the ob Server wil have deceived himlls To take the. delusion complete et him fake a washer" sant marks aed Sovpording ie retabl isthe eemter, carry ie around "a stationary object ‘Sonstantl Keeping the arrow poking towards the Tater. "Tho to hit bool Auavoov oF Tesixs Enatn Wave Vionarion Theon SEs SE SBME ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTER sion the di wilt revelve om sas, sel Moveneut Goce Wot exis He can duped evi at oace li che ner Peal ae ie alae [Son apparent oe ion eng 7 huced ty" snceesive changes of portion 693 convincing proats can be given fou does mol ad cont Fe "With ahi eee te ate Sled 49 Fig. 2, which bos th ies hand att’ Es are shown em Pig's lid mass, ity Gcated ScinlineY aud’ supposed rotates Shirt 10 the anawp as agemal translater Telsites Raidenty, tthe foean glee ote. a commen belived, this oul be eu ally ti of any one Prion of sane My a8 the sphere honn in dotted nes, and then he part commou 10 hott bodies would Rave $0 turn stmattancously om epoe ite dicattones "The cat be exter ‘eval usted i the manner sug Festal ty! using instead of one, 0 Srerlapiiag rotable washers, a. may {e*Cenenenty represented by eile, iY Sd Carrying them around Eso Wha he pain an auie center. No further the oe rations cana cones OF and reconciled in a purely abstract at ihe’ moon fa phenome Geceprve allie Wg the, eye ad tind and devoid of hysieal meaning. It IRS gotta i common with real mass Fevatotions characterieed by effects postive and. sinmistakaie.” Volumes Five beet written on the subject and tan "eeroneous arguments advanced Mrsupport of the ation, Thus, ft ed that ithe planet did wot form on it ait would expose the ‘whole turface to terrestrial ew a8 Only oneal os wible, ment ree Soke. “The fret statement is trae ba the losie of dhe second i delete, Loe admits of only owe abernative. "The Conclusion isnot juried a6 te same Sppcarance cin, aio le produced. Is Sabir ay. The moon dacs rotate, actor Reon, a about, am aids Mise aed only one “ihe lating tee of he spinning of a mass ig bebavey oe estan of Trase's, suse, eentagion nase Risto sere onl, eae Fed aad ¥eke Bhs of RNP WUGDeGe TeSssmlcon “Fe-SesOS oF ego a shen wien (Dies Bee maa Gp ste create oad which the em te “al roiaton of 8 ~ tei, retaede hy forees ex ernal oF intemal, suet cease, Even adm denoe would sil he iragulove. "Bat when se"mener thgh mom of the anller sre" Celeste the flancl have been fnteifusat force. “Ncarly forty years a¢0 Beats George ti, Darwis inva mastertal ty a ec enh ae ihe smoot ad’ separate! fromthe earth, Recenne he esabiched henry hae been ntscked ty Pols T. Jef, See ih a'remack He tik on the “Fectaion of the Stell ‘wane a weaptwred Sta the deatinente which ‘ i , 2 act tei bith The ‘allowing ‘cow ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTER February, 1919 ‘ion ofthe Ince immediately stiffens. being shows any, measurable Aattening. in. form. atthe same nine deformed ty gravittional 2"Ii's planetary body fais orbital move: xk" The shape becomes permanent upon eit tants the same se towards the cen- ling and sadigestion andthe smaller tral mae ths ea postive proof that ag ‘eer separated fromthe iter and ta tre afissiliy suche wel SLA planet cevolsing on ite axis its passane around acther cannot have beer font: off from the samme bat must have een eaptieed 1, The Fallacy of Franklin's Pointed Dense tap suteting Lightning. Read. ajar or on ‘The display of mimostieneeletrichy hae since gees hen one of the most marveious fnccgelesaorded to We sat of man ts Steticur. and power ‘led bie wit feat Soa soperction, "For centuries he ati tell ightvi to agents god-ike and sy Hevratncal ards purpose tie scheme of hie universe vennined “unknown to his Now ne have Tenened that the waters of the ogtan ae raised bythe su and mais {ined an the “atmonphere” delicately sar. Fended, that they are watted fo distant re ions wf he, globe hers elec forces score themselves im tpsetting tre senscive lanes and causing precipitation, dats sus taiaing all orpanit Wes” Thee is every ese 19 hope that raat will soon be able fo"cenarol thi ie ging. ow: of water fl theeely tolve many peecsig prcblems Of hi existence, ‘Atmyoapeee leetricits became of special siieaimcre in Prana ine, "Para fay bad not fet announced fis epochal Gi faveries in. magnetic tadvction ow sate ; s+ _fecltnar aches were aends general igs Sivats FANS pescerful mind at onee leaned to the con Ss SESE Dn "Pasian OBeassitae tne hee Huey tha hace Sud states ob mney. oity were identical To ne present Siow thie Inference appeace sbeious bat in he twass continues to move, shot the Jagger nie tue mere hug of wae ile short fone as tho W were rigidly conmerted to it of aiphemy. He investigated the phe exe endular sige or ibratons oma and argued that fey were af the ‘ine to canine onbital velocky”” Such mor Suume nature then the ‘lowte could ‘be tion predles the povsllty of axial rata: Grained of thee charge exact as the tion Tin" the steed phpstel en SE ate mashine, andar 170 he ind Futon" as Rever” Jp ayowld as ss. cated 4 publieht memoir how thie cond ‘ell wemonsteated by the fact th ‘e'done bythe use of petted etal Feds shoot prveie measurements ave failed te (Contineed page 728) MODE OF PROPAGATION OF THE CORRENT FROM THE TRANSMITTER ‘ THRU THE EARTH ae PoeTICE Veoh Your Own" ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTER February. 1919 Famous Scientific Ilusions exis bea ea0 Aisle were made by: Dal: ce bt rallied wa | sees cbt 2 Sack by wats Bte sn tne, 1722. When these atmosphere dst Ganges manifest themselves today in oor ‘viele: Station we feel annoyed ‘and wish That they ould stop, out te the man who | esoveta em fe brcuat ta ox Tater asthe pra Ing the. accu 175 examine til seuon in the light of pres: st Snomleize wee mar Bien electri potene fal to tnperatare”"Teuasine that sphere + ES'heated to degrees and atthe pin oF Fetal bat He a periect conductor of heat so that sts extreme end So at the same teme Fig? ‘The Fighting conductor jn its classi perature 7. Then if another sphere, of for Invented ty eajamin Franklin Laeger radiis, ty fs drawn about the rt InHand tmmediately upon is adoption and the temperature alony hi Boundacy is "Asvataal, Ty itis evident that there wll be between ie end of the tar and it surrounding.» Uiference of texsperatare TT whieh lll determine the outow of beat.” Obs ‘sy the adineen median Was nota ‘ete ‘ly’ the hot sphere thie femperdtare dliference would belarester and more fest cewre to. degree ned Sisimed” that i ie tug (eapial of Nat Hehning strokes occurred after dhe pomted folk were ine lth ine cio were een ibe eee se"igequent ae before.” Experience “has Would be given aif. Evaetly rain the cle Thoun hat just tie opposite ie trve, "A if system, Let g be the Quanity of the charge, then the speresand: owing toi reat conductivity also the piowill be at rule much Sees of and the potential “The medium around the “enicad point of the pin will be at the potenti <= —K and, consequently, the difers nh " Uy fretamounts neverheler, tg sion iiaes analy. Tt ne R(R +h) = vay frst gel Inetalle sphere of radiss 1, Such as the cx Gal of a ate machi pre «sharply pointed pin of ene TSS indicated He lve kno that She 2 = ng in which case A = Ra (Contimed on page's +730 Mesco Telegraph Practice Set For Learning Telegraph Codes Sees trea MESCO id oat Eh Sra wath RE pci aah Send for the New Edition of Our Catalog W28 k Us Send for the Catalog Now Manhattan Electrical ‘Supply Co., Ine. EF alt ath He, Feldman’s Electric Water Heater FELDMAN MFG. CO. 1500 Times Bldg. Now York City HAVE You SENT ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTER FAMOUS SCIENTIFIC ILLUSIONS. (Continued from page 723) = oN rae the a area) Har hh) Tevence of potential Between the point of the pin and” the mediom around the sane th wt be ster inthe ratio = wen woh he gs yee wd, 0 ay eee seit teen alt a a Shun SP gta § ‘ihence Sri he hcvlr of ie BESTE eth Sepa os he nde Seno Steed at Seek CE SES Bie & riseear nla Pale aa ee he cd ie ee eh Se iste hook has empbze) Fras iia he sed nas drawing slectiy” for the dai Tiare ne funded tan atnospaere whic pen Hy cova charged a woud Wehe, dei alle inegurnes of rriae, ke S"pplsked aphere” Bat Ging to the’ ls | tlkedtmanste of cand am te der February, 1919 ‘he postive charge of the cloud induces in the tsrth an eqabesene opposite charge the Alenia the surlace of the ft Shing with the cube of the di Bee fie center “of the cloud. A. rush Aiseharge is then formed atthe point of the od and the action” Prank amtcipated {Skee places" Un addition, the sar SES, een ana vendor senda cventualiyy a bolt may hit the building oF Some other object im the viciniy. The vi geek the poised end) digg the charge, whieh was apperment fa Franti ind in however. inten mal. Carehal Towswreinents chow Uhal il sould’ take na snd any. goarr before the. lecriiy stored [aright "cloud of moderate size sould be ‘tsuon off or nentraiced thr such a hgh: [king coudector, “The grounded roll has the ‘quay of seedering armless mest of the Stokes “it "receives tho occasionally the Shange J. civered with: dSmaging. rents setae ney important one ihe Taney tele ne den the step poist whieh as thought adeanta Si ald indlopemalle tote operation Feally'a defect detracting considerably ftom Sractcal value of the device 1 have Dredaced et improved frm of Ti ing protector characterized By the‘emplay= tment of terminal of considerable area and {atge radius of cucvatare which males im: posible unde density of the charge and rian th ate The ae Sir ae quowerepeionts and’ 0 for have eet etn rack tho expe g log tne tirhed fo geeaily Soked that ented aniline ye their ae “property. wort imilians of dolar: which #'now ‘anmvally fest can be saved ‘The Singuise Misconception of the ve releas ‘To the popula tind this, sensational ad vance conveys. the impression of 2 single “vention bl in realtey isan Sct, the Celta pete of wich ingle ie ogment of a great many discoveries Sn finprovements” ‘viewed it a4 such when f fandertook to solve wireless prsbleme aad "sds to this fac a my insight fa ts fom thee ttaerying princes was lear fn the course of development of my in- arto mar cee’ dele or pose T constructed akerrators of relate (Comisned on page 782) | Sone Beaty’ mained.” Thos ia Fie 4 \ % oe rani, Paints, Lghaning, 5 ee ge ase “igh are nd te BetELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTER | FAMOUS SCIENTIFIC ILLUSIONS se, Det = eh earn QoL NKOLA TESLA seeing ao coi as ceeeacameiatcmin | ind sides Gey soap cee Fn" mous witeles hihted lobe No adverieingwhatso: Sowetice The immensity of the. globe ver on this goto excep forthe Secored sn unsuemonntale ‘obstacle but Ready ot fearing. A sting ese fates that the picture of he world’s sea ts : = entor for or deen bray piel Inborrory, workebep "or rade Light Assonnton early 1898 1 gave the Eston, "Gent peep in song filing of the system 4 had conceived, In later part ofthat year, athe Chicaze Word's Wir, iuad. the" good fortune of necting Prat, Helmholt fo stom 1 ex : wit exper eked the tele exrenimenten puatisiune co @ SOLIS Be SLLELLEREBES Wireless Stations Will Shortly Re-open Date, only, uncertain Heed Our Advice No. 11 is our Tatest catalog. Te Send Se 28s STEER Ee THE WILLIAM B. DUCK CO,, 230.232 Superior St, Toledo, Ohio 5 MONEY INIT" ECLEARN TELEGRAPHY=iiiz MORSE AND ) WIRELESS=—— TEACH YOURSELF’ ane ead OY US. 607%, Atye,Caagn tet OMNIGRAPH MFG. 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"He Stents at Hem praca, brovided could perfect apparatts capable Ef petting iio ffet bet this he anti pate woul be extremely Oiicule toe Eorlish Tresifued the work very much encour. sd and from tha date to BDO advanced wy bt steady, making @ numberof Improvements the chiet of which was my Spot of concatenated famed circle ad ‘ethod” of regulation, now ‘universally ‘looted, “Ine, suminer” of TB07" Lord vin happened 10 pass thea New York and hovored me by avai tomy sborateny Schere I entertained: him with’ demonstra: tions ‘n support of my wiccless theory He a0 fairly Carried sway with what Be sa¥e dit, neversheless, condemned my project in template ter, gualfging st a8 something gona Sn ion aod # fared ha expecied his approval and was pain aad surprseds “Bat he next day Reve {rned and: give me better pportaniy for explanation ete Adrants had made System Thad ‘evolved Saddeny. he re- ‘marked with evident astonshment! “Then eu are ot hang eo Here waves isla not T eplted. “ukewe ore rede tions. "No" energy gould be economically tamsiited Wo") distanoe ‘by “any such sigeney Tn my. syntem the procets is one of true conauetion which, sngoreealy, ex fe cic atthe geet distance witout porecahie lus’ “Iveon never forget me apie change that came over he iketious Pilescher the asment he eed hell fom that erroneous impression The shee ei geld of Halen as, sen cree’ Merparted teem sue net only theeoly Sonvinced® of the siemise soundness of the dea tat strongly expres his confidence in {te saeeess, “Te my exposition to him Tce foried to che following mecheateal ana Tomues of may own and the Her. wave Uses the earth to be a hog of uber fied th water, small quandty of rhs ss peiodcly once nad. cut ofthe ligstrated. TT he Strokes ofthe Iter are (fected in intervals of mace than one hour Sid forty-eighy qnuten,safflent for the ‘Ecnsmihon of he moe hr the whole ‘ass, the entire bag will expand 3d eens {fact ‘and corresponding movements will be imparted {o' pressure cnuges gr movable Dison with the same intensity, respective Of distance. ‘Dy working the pump Taster, Shorter waves wil be produced which 0 Tote the cose ol he Bag nay ogee aid lope fo ty ese he a ing icomprenili, ite nclosre perteth flastcy and. the feequency of oselations nek veg hgh, the enya be cone ily Yesramated and very Title power con fumed so long ar no work Hr done in the reece” fat cae bat Cortech ce ferever, t tlon Yo vatousretnements has, for instance, the puanp made past ofa Tesonant system "of “great eran, fnormously masniyine the Torce ef the Emprestinpateer” The receiving devices ate sinilartyondiioned Sa in shis mane i he mount caety collected ia them "The Herr wave system is in many ce spect the vey ppaterof ths, ox Haat hy taators the piston ofthe pup feassumed to vibrate tad fro at £ ter fife rate anid he ‘orice eeu whch, the Hid ass im and om ofthe cylinder reduced to a\tmall bile. There seareely ny" movement ef the fail and lmest the whole work performed cesulte in the pro~ fhuciton of radiant eat, of cai finitesinsl part is recovered in a gemoce locality. Homever inereitie, itis teve hatFebruary, 1919 Eros Caines Horueaoice eis is Gane ees ear Keel wert geek Beene ae alt Sect Nam (i ereh cage ha eas on See greet Mad oa: eis ark eo ea SES Sis So eis SS Ge Gare Sane RS Graton i ete ht ae Sonsidershle distance, without being‘ ar feos ee icy ne sae en iar basil dees te Peg AMECD‘dattes "Ay del fan ay Serr Me rks Pear reas ees isles Seale re Le ecient TSed bine a MeL eee tech fe ea ar eae ig Tings eae ae sea erica a atte omc ty a Ba rE fern Smee lr eet aaa Saeco ata ice Rat oaeratr i fea ital TL ease casa ic Sotho ig gern ate sf soldat ete Pear Pata eh Seo ier ort SUSE ORE arate eicede ie ae ria es Sefiaat atau cee Ta ea SY Beh ied ae Eee eS, ae ice Sot RE Peon ie dela ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTER (OUR YEARS age 4 man offered me a ‘ronderial teres Hee hord op for ‘Roney and wanted to sell me some shes ina young, growing company for S100" Based fn the extpngs ef the Company the sock a= fered we fan sil’ worth ¢;000—in fact. the sma who tnally bout the sae se ther Shun five montn at a profi of $8,300. ‘The ressonT did't buy the shares was thet 1 could no more rasa howard dollars than T fuld bop, ship, and [ump seros the AMlantie Geran °R thoniend delat “And my tcome nly twentytve a weeke ee eee oe SES tte Pm lt Seria! 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