TESLA'S DREAM.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5487, 21 March 1910, Page 4

TESLA'S DREAM.

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THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. ELECTRIC LAMPS THAT WILL LAST FOR EVER. NEW YORK, Jan. 1. Nikola Tcsla. the invent (C. announces Hiat- he has practically' trought to a state of perfection a "wirjess \»kc'rc lr&<ht' r o'i AvL.'ch he hE.s Leen wcraing for a numier cf years. Hv says a plant is fcring constructed at Ms Long JsUxud lalo-< ratori-es for the .niErket [.reduction of the ne:y light. Discussing his invention, Mr Tesla said in an interview published in the World : — "It would be possible by my wirej less transmitter of great power to ' light t-he entire United States. The current*- ivoul'd pass into the /air, ami spreading in v a;l} directions, would produce the effect of a strong aurcra "b< realis. It would be a sotft light, but sufficient to distinguish objects. '•'Some ilay soon my <idea> .will -be carried out. I would like, nothing better than to undertake to illuminate frst the harbour of New York, for a distance lof, say, 100 miles. My present plan is to distribute this -light from a central station, which is the most economical and also the best method of obtaining a light of highest quality. My lamps will last for ever, there being nothing in them to bum out. "They are simply glass tubes, hermetically sealed, and containing nothing but a rarefied gas. Ono advantage is the economy of produetifori which is greater than; in> any other light so far obtained. Still another, is the wonderful quality of the ' light, which, resembles sunlight so closely that it cannot be •extinguished from it. It is very soothIng to the eye, 'being diffused "A great saving will 'be effected by wireless distributitonj. *& m ty~ tending chiefly to supply isolated dwellings which .cannot -'be conveniently reached by wires or lighted in any ways heretofore used. In this systcnY of distribution there absolutely no difference where the dwelling is situated The force of the current is the same. ■; "The house might be 12,000. miles away, from the plant or 12 teeb, it would toe the same. The plant consists; of on] 7te -liM/le "transformer, which could be easily carried fn the pocket,- and will be sufficient to light the whole house. The current may be conveyed to the individual lamps either by wires or laD wires -might be dispensed wibb *awi the 'lights rendered portable. "The euriKJnt used, is a 'vibrating' one, aitd can be used for other pvrposes. Among other things, the current can be utilised for carrying; We human voice or the telegraphic code, ne plant will do all this without tytGrle-reroa of iPne action ■wiitly 'the other. This is done by the uso oi c an invention which I have called the art of individualisation.' •'This is a method and an apparatus for making signals or messages non-interfcrable and is ba«ed on the use of a number of vibrations in combination.