The mystery of nikola teslas missing files history. Tesla motors patents that have been granted by the united states patent and trademark office uspto. One day while tesla was conducting a high power test, the crackling from inside the laboratory suddenly stopped. He had the ability to conceive, design, build, and test a new invention completely in his mind. The bureau scorned the idea of a death ray in public, but as it turns out they were trying to retain it in the u. The time nikola tesla paid for his hotel room with a death ray by stacy conradt. He has 700 patents to his credit and not a few of them are for epochmaking discoveries, but over and over again he has.
Also among the documents released is a letter addressed to j edgar hoover, the first director of the fbi, highlighting an article about teslas death ray invention, suggesting it could be of vital importance to the war department, as well as that of other nations now controlled by insane dictators. Trumps report as evidence that teslas vaunted death ray particle beam weapon didnt exist, outside of rumors and speculation. Nikola tesla claimed to have invented a death beam which he called teleforce in the. The current beamweapon program is originated from teslas death rays idea. We are the premier destination for all things tesla. In the spirit of upholding the concept of open source, weve decided to show you where and how you can find these patents for yourself. The proposed purpose of this weapon was to be used against groundbased infantry or for antiaircraft purposes. Teslas death ray popularized in a drawing from diabolical rays in the november, 1915 issue of popular radio magazine. In his youth, george scherff had befriended tesla and worked for him for the latter half of the inventors life. He applied for his first patent, for an electric arc lamp, after his arrival in the usa on.
Lost tesla papers about the death rays nikola tesla. The following list contains the patent applications for which there exists at least the information about the filing date and the application number under which the patent application was filed with the us patent office, irrespective of whether the title of invention, its description andor sketches and drawings were preserved. Tesla discovered death ray in experiments he made here. Fbi finally releases tesla documents on death ray, ball lightning and more. Trumps report as evidence that tesla s vaunted death ray particle beam weapon didnt exist, outside of rumors and speculation. Back to main page patents by grant date order patent copies. Death ray tesla research nikola tesla strategic defense. Bursting into the lab, tesla demanded to know why his assistant had. Nikola tesla, inventor of polyphase electric current, pioneer in high frequency transmission, predecessor of marconi with the wireless, celebrated his seventyeighth birthday yesterday by announcing his invention of a beam of force somewhat similar to the death ray of scientific romance. A patent was granted in november, 1898, but only after the chief examiner had visited new york to confirm the machine was really operable. This is your opportunity to immerse yourself in the world and mind of nikola tesla and go through all of his patents. If tesla had developed free energy sources or learned how to manipulate space time and gravity, during the time of his most public and productive years, up until about 1920, he would have had answers to those questions. Deathrays as lifesavers in the third reich desy library.
Tesla motors us patents, patent applications and patent. Death ray tesla research free download as pdf file. When interviewed after teslas death, scherff claimed that he began work for the scientist after the suspicious south fifth avenue laboratory fire of 1895, working. Teslas mechanical oscillator an unusual and littleknown device invented by tesla was the mechanical oscillator which compressed air until the oxygen became a liquid. Tesla was a phenomenal individual but he also had a photographic memory, relying on his minds eye as much as plans and documents. Nikola tesla and the death ray craze nikola tesla, the audacious futurist and groundbreaking inventor, once claimed to have invented a death ray that would end all war. New york times, september 22, 1940, death ray for planes nikola tesla s telegeodynamics proposal readers aid relative merits of the lucas method of prospecting by detonations of explosive compounds and of the tesla method of prospecting by isochronous oscillations theoretically considered. Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology. Nikola tesla would have been 161 years old on july 10. On july 23, 1934 time magazine wrote an article about teslas ray. Some believe that the tunguska event was actually nikola teslas death ray in action.
Around that time, notable inventors such as guglielmo marconi, nikola tesla, harry grindell matthews, edwin r. He intended this death ray as protection, and as a method for eliminating war altogether. Tesla s work on particle beam weapons can be traced all the way back to 1893 with his invention of a button lamp, and again to 1896 when he replicated the work of william roentgen, discoverer of xrays. As you all know, nikola tesla was a very smart man. George westinghouse, who bought teslas patents for alternating current.
The declassified fbi documents prove that teslas death ray is not just a product of overactive science fiction writers minds, but is real tesla tech. Nikola teslas death ray is real, declassified files. The device was capable of generating an intense targeted beam of energy that could be used to dispose of enemy warplanes, foreign armies, or anything else youd rather didnt exist. Angels dont play this haarp advances in tesla technology by dr. Please explain teslas death ray machine he spoke about in the 1930s. When the lawmen saw their chance to get their hands on something concrete, they swooped. Tesla also sells electric vehicle powertrain components to other vehicle manufacturers, as well as battery systems for homes, commercial sites and utilities. Tesla claimed of having invented a death ray capable of destroying 10,000 enemy airplanes at a distance of 250 miles 400 kilometers.
This list includes the us patents, but also the uk and canadian patents. Whats more, the white house was vitally interested in the effects of the death ray, with franklin d. Fbi finally releases tesla documents on death ray, ball. The declassified fbi documents prove that tesla s death ray is not just a product of overactive science fiction writers minds, but is real tesla tech. Nonetheless, teslas mechanism of delivering a charged particle beam held the power, he said, to wipe out entire armies and bring down 10,000 enemy aircraft at a distance of 200 miles. And maybe they were good long ago, but too often these. The death ray or death beam was a theoretical particle beam or electromagnetic weapon first theorized around the 1920s and 1930s. The contents are created progressively and some sections and categories are unfinished or just empty. Tesla universe is the culmination of 30 years of research on the greatest inventor of alltime, nikola tesla. Download all of teslas inventions and go through the work of the man who electrified the. The following list contains the patent applications for which there exists at least the.
At long last, the fbi has released its document cache of files containing information on nikola tesla, including his inventions like death ray. Have you ever wanted to go through all of nikola teslas patents. Fbi wanted teslas death ray invention for war dept. Nikola tesla 18561943 nikola tesla part 01 of 03 nikola tesla part 02 of 03 nikola tesla part 03 of 03. It is different from the principle embodied in my inventions relating to the transmission of electrical power from a distance, for which i hold a number of basic patents. The death ray or death beam was a theoretical particle beam or electromagnetic weapon first. Teslas most misunderstood invention is popularly known as the death ray. Please explain tesla s death ray machine he spoke about in the 1930s. Tesla death ray are respected for their engaging, eclectic and soundstrong live performances. Sono stati resi pubblici, nello spirito del movimento open source, per il progresso tecnologico dei veicoli elettrici. His inventions paved the way for electric motors, radios, fluorescent lights, lasers, and remote control.
Over a hundred years ago, nikola tesla paved the way for modern technology. Tesla was deeply involved in his patent dispute with marconi. Serious students of teslas work may recognize this machine as the basis of his system for producing electrical vibrations of a very constant period. On june 12th an amazingly intelligent and caring billionaire ceo, elon musk, announced that he and tesla motors had come to a decision of making all of their electric car patents open source. Death rays as lifesavers in the third reich by pedro waloschek the description which appear in the book about tesla s death ray is wrong as it was not supposed to use electromagnetic waves or wireless energy and in this case tesla never stated that particles should travel faster than light. My original had rotted away and this one is in my ebook alternative science library. The fear of these diabolical death rays, was one of the reasons given for the dismantling of teslas wardencliff tower. Nikola tesla claimed to have invented a death beam which he called teleforce in the 1930s. When i started out with my first company, zip2, i thought patents were a good thing and worked hard to obtain them. The article reported that the new invention will send concentrated beams of particles through the free air, of such. In 1898, another variation was used to create a small earthquake in the neighborhood surrounding his houston street lab. Their psychedelic rock songs have a lucid independence but nevertheless fit. This ebook and the paper book was extremely difficult to find. This website has been created with the objective of gathering and organizing as much information as possible on teslas inventions and experiments, but also to compare his statements and predictions with the modern science and technology.
No really detailed technical documents on nicola teslas death ray. However, there is no clear evidence linking tesla to the event. A staged, doubleexposure image of tesla in his colorado springs lab with magnifying transmitter in 1899. There was talk of tesla having invented a death ray beam. Transmission of electric energy without wires 1904. The time nikola tesla paid for his hotel room with a. No one is sure if tesla ever completed a death ray, though none has officially been found. When tesla was 41 years old, he filed the first basic radio patent u. The complete patents of nikola tesla edited by jim glenn this is a must have book for inventors. It was built in the form of an air cylinder and contained several chambers, each of which successively cools the air until it becomes liquid. Sing sing prison, in upstate new york, was persuaded to use it, with the gratifying results for ge that the. As early as 1934, tesla was telling the world about his death ray.
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