[Lori675]

Whats this source that was powering the car. They really dont answer the question. It sounds like it could be bull. Its at the bottom of the article, where they talk about this energy source that was powering the car.

[GeronL]

apparently the source was from somewhere in the ether??

[USMCVet]

Fun little article!

Not written by anybody with a grounding in physics, but what the heck, it's an amusing read..

Instead of Tom Swift we get Nick Tesla, no less -

[martin_fierro]

The Waverly was an early electric-powered car, built in Indianapolis from 1899-1903, then again from 1909-1916. Owned for a time by subsidiaries of Pope Manufacturing Co., of Hartford, Conn., it was called the Pope-Waverly from 1904-1908. Other Pope nameplates of that time included the Pope-Hartford, the Pope-Toledo and the Pope-Tribune.

[Ichneumon]

[Jaysun]

Whats this source that was powering the car. They really dont answer the question. It sounds like it could be bull. Its at the bottom of the article, where they talk about this energy source that was powering the car.

Lori,
They're talking about an energy inherent in individual particles. It's true that different metals apparently produce energy in and of themselves. For example, a simple battery can be made with copper, zinc, and paper. The catch is that you also have to add saltwater to get the metal atoms to "dissolve" and move to form a current. I suppose it's possible that Telsa came up with a more effective way to free and carry the metal atoms, but the whole "tubes" thing throws me a curve. Maybe the idea came from the tubes used in the radios of the day, but I don't see how that type of system could possibly do what's claimed (of course I'm no Telsa either). Based on the mysterious tube situation, and the fact that they made mention of the irrelevant fact that he supposedly built the box-o-tubes in his hotel room, I have to wonder.

You also have to raise an eyebrow at the inclusion of lots of other meaningless details, and the fact that they felt a need to insert a theory as to why we've never seen this great "thing", and then attempt to justify that theory with hokey rationalizations (a 'paranoid' Tulsa was 'scared' to tell us about his discovery of limitless free energy??????), I'd say that this story is a steaming pile.

Of course what's my opinion to billions of others?

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Tesla's biggest problem was that he was too far ahead of his time. He deserves to be remembered in the same league as Edison and Einstein.

[Ichneumon]

Tesla's power transmission tower at his Wardenclyffe facility, completed in 1904:

[Roscoe Karns]

Tesla had already considered the condition of charged particles..

Charged particles can cost you up to 18%. Pay cash.

[airedale]

look up broadcast power and Tesla

[Fish Hunter]

These infinite energy jokers have never studied the law.

The laws of thermodynamics that is...

Gotta Love'm Though

LOL F H

[ikka]

Sounds like induction... I have seen some flashlights that are new on the market... a permanent magnet in the handle with wire wrapped around part of it. Move the flashlight back and forth, causing the magnet to move past the wires, induces enough current to power the flashlight.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

"In place of the engine, there was an AC motor.

This measured a little more than 3 feet long, and a little more than 2 feet in diameter. From it trailed two very thick cables which connected with the dashboard. In addition, there was an ordinary 12 volt storage battery. The motor was rated at 80 horsepower.

Maximum rotor speed was stated to be 30 turns per second. "

LOL
The person is very exact about size, hp and RPM (1800).

I know a nephew who knows a person who is a maid of the person who was kin to the person who saw the man who saw the demonstration of the pill which turned water into gasoline.

Tesla was a genius but he became airy fairy in his dotage.

[AmericanArchConservative]

Nikolai Tesla... Bump for later.

[evolved_rage]

Interesting. Quite a bit of Tesla in the character of John Galt. (Or quite a bit of Atlas Shrugged in this "story")

[Cold Heat]

Tubes of the day were simple diodes, and switches (like transistors).

What Tesla had was likely the first D/C to AC inverter. A technology later used in submarines.

There was likely a few more components to it that were not mentioned, like a resistor bank for speed control. I would guess a few additional batteries as well.:-)