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["Shea Tisdale" <shea AT sheatisdale.com>]

I read a biography and several books on his life.
"Tesla" by Tad Wise is a very fair biography which questions many of the
outlandish claims.
"The Fantastic Inventions of Nikola Tesla" is a book which accepts most
everything he said (although there is a hint of scepticism in places) and it
is especially good for showing his patents and designs.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward Wesolowski" <ids AT idisplay.com>
To: <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 8:47 AM
Subject: Re: [internetworkers] New Poplarism


> >Edison ...Westinghouse ...repressed the brilliant work of one Mr. Tesla,
> Shea:
> I'm a Tesla fan, and like the wireless power concept. I'm curious, tho,
how
> you came across this? There's an interesting book, "Networks of Power,"
Tom
> Hughes, mentions them all, but I had the impression of a larger, way
> complicated thing establismnent of the power grid. ... Also, I think I
> saved it, I came across an newsletter article about "Would it have
worked,"
> Tesla's plan for distributing power w/o wires? I don't know how good the
> article is, but it was thought provoking, at least!
> Ed Wesolowski
>
> At 01:41 AM 1/8/03 -0500, you wrote:
> >Well, since Digital Rights Management is dreaming and since someone
already
> >mentioned the evil corporations and their profit motives, I think I'll
pick
> >up there.
> >
> >If the evil Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse and their respective
> >empires hadn't repressed the brilliant work of one Mr. Tesla, we'd all
have
> >free power without wires right now and we wouldn't have to worry about
ice
> >storms and tree mangling power company right of ways.
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "David R. Matusiak" <dave AT matusiak.org>
> >To: <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> >Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 4:56 PM
> >Subject: Re: [internetworkers] New Poplarism
> >
> >
> > > yeah, the electric wires over and above my house are an eyesore, too.
> > > and occasionally a pain in the a** when they all get ripped off by
> > > haphazard free-growing trees!   i push for a new form of "Tree
> > > Efficient" Urbanism, where there is less chance of a million people
> > > losing power for a week.
> > >
> > > we could either:
> > > A: hack down all the trees (don't think the granolas would go for
this)
> > > -or-
> > > B: maybe spend the extra dough to put this ugly/dangerous crap
> > > underground?
> > >
> > > ah well.  one can dream...
> > > /drm
> > >
> > > On Tuesday, January 7, 2003, at 04:48  PM, Victor Minton wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I believe GM was more interested in replacing trolleys with buses,
> > > > rather
> > > > then selling cars during the great Depression..  Buses were
perceived
> > > > to be
> > > > more flexible, more modern and did not require dedicated lanes in
urban
> > > > areas. The overhead electric wires were considered eyesores as well.
> > > >
> > > > Different times,
> > > >
> > > > Vic Minton
> > >
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