Re: Stop the nonsense

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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:
> 
> Original poster: "Randy by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<randy-at-gte-dot-net>
> 
> Somebody wrote:
> > >
> > > Lets ask for firmer moderation, and try to resist engaging in
> > > dialogue with the cranks and True Believers, it only encourages
> > > them!
> 
> No. Instead, we need to thank Terry profusely for all of his efforts.
> And Chip. You don't see anything from Evan Soule' slipping in here,
> do you? Or long diatribes about the genius of Joseph Newman?

	The saint's preserve us!!!


> But two examples of the stellar moderation here...

> > > How about requiring that, if a posting demands a fundamental
> > > change to any established physics, then the principles should
> > > first be established in a suitable peer reviewed journal.
> 
> I must confess to having not read Tesla's own writings, yet.

	You've missed some interesting and pioneering work, written in
beautiful english prose.  Give it a try.

> What "peer-reviewed" journal did he submit to? What peers did
> he have? (any references to Marconi, or Hertz' works will be
> summarily ignored..however "unscientific" that may be...)

	Perhap's Morgan's book "Inventions, Researches, and Writings..." is
readily available these days and was written by a man who was past
president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and well
qualified as a peer reviewer.  Tesla had many peers, including people
like Edison, Westinghouse, Steinmetz, and many others.  Tesla's
important pioneering work was done during the early days of electrical
engineering, and represented a major advancement in the state of the art
of AC power generation, distribution, and utilization.  It was only
later on (Colorado Springs days and after) that things begin to get a
little dreamy, wishful thinkers not withstanding.  I don't think he was
ever senile, but he sure loved the sensationalism.

	Tesla's patents, of course, were very critically "peer reviewed" by the
patent office, but feasibility wasn't always one of the review criteria.

> Regards,
> 
> Randy

Ed