TESLA'S LAMP OF ALADDIN

Evening Star, Issue 14307, 4 March 1910, Page 1

TESLA'S LAMP OF ALADDIN

Nikola Testa, announces that he has practically brought to a stale of perfection a "wireless electric light." on which he has been working for a number of years. A plan!, is being constructed at his Long Isiand laboratories for the market production of ihe new light,'and in an interview published in the New York 'World' he says: "It would be possible by my wireless transmitter of great power to light, the entire United States. The current would pass into the, a:r, and, spreading in all directions, would produce, the effect of a strong aurora bnreaiis. It would be a soft, light, but sufficient to distinguish objects. .My lamps will last for ever, there being nothing in them to burn out. They are simply glass tubes hermetically sealed, and containing nothing but a rarefied gas. One advantage is the economy of production, 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 distinguished from it. It is very soothing to ihe eye, being diffused. In this system of distribution there, is absolutely no difference where the dwelling is located. The force of the current is the same. The house might be 12,000 miles away from the plant, or twelve feet; it. would be the same. The plant consists of only a little transformer, which could bo easily carried in the pocket, and will be sufficient to light the whole house. The current used is a 'vibrating' one, and can be used for other purposes. Among other th'nz-s, the current can be utilised for carrying the human voice or the telegraphic code."