Re: Tesla (II) Re: SSTC As a transmitter.

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
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> Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<davep-at-quik-dot-com>
> 
> >>"The Hertz wave theory of wireless transmission may be kept up
> >>for a while, but I do not hesitate to say that in a short time
> >>it will be recognized as one of the most remarkable and
> >>inexplicable aberrations of the scientific mind which has ever
> >>been recorded in history."
> 
> > Is that quote really from Tesla?
> 
>         It is widely quoted, in contemporary articles, written
>         by him.

	And believed as gospel truth!
 
> > If he was making such foolish and ill-informed statements,
> 
>         Less was known then than now about such matters.
>         It was not unreasonable THEN to propose alternatives.
> 
> > then he fully deserves his band of credulous followers.
> 
>         This was 1910.
>         The vacuum tube barely invented, the ionosphere guessed
>         at.  Now, we have learned much, including that
>         Hertz was more or less right.
> 
> > No wonder he got left behind while the rest of the world got
> 
> > on with the development of radio communications.
> 
> > My opinion of Tesla continues to decline, I'm sad to say.

	That would be wrong.  The following should be remembered.  Respect or
even revere him for what he did do and excuse his later wanderings.

>         He was a man of his time.  A man who had,
>         singlehandedly (more or less) revolutionized the world
>         at least once already.
> 
>         If we consider that, eg Einstein, went to his death
>         refusing to believe certain aspects of his own
>         theories' implications, perhaps Tesla may be
>         permitted some speculations.  Other citations of
>         thoughtful thinkers turning out to be in error
>         are possible.
> 
> --
>         best
>         dwp