Re: Pearson's Magazine, May 1899

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Original poster: "Gary Peterson" <g.peterson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

When I first saw the drawing tesla_2.gif some time ago, it occurred 
to me the illustrator, Warwick Goble, must have had a wildly vivid 
imagination. See http://www.artpassions.net/goble/ for more fantasy examples.

> Original poster: MAJESTIC_au <forums@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Original poster: William Beaty <billb@xxxxxxxxxx>

> > Wow.  Below are some 1899 article illustrations, some of which depict the
> > ion-path "virtual antennas" created by Tesla's x-ray beam devices:
> >   Nikola Tesla holding in his hands balls of flame
> >   http://homepage.ntlworld.com/forgottenfutures/tesla/tesla_2.gif
> >   Tesla's propsed arrangement of balloon stations for transmitting
> >   electricity without wires
> >   http://homepage.ntlworld.com/forgottenfutures/tesla/tesla_1.gif
> >   All illustrations
> >   http://homepage.ntlworld.com/forgottenfutures/tesla/tesla_nx.htm
> >   Article: The New Wizard of the West, May 1899 C. McGovern
> >   http://homepage.ntlworld.com/forgottenfutures/tesla/tesla.htm
> > I wonder if the drawing of the "balls of flame" was done live from an
> > actual demo, or from a verbal description given to the artist?  The
> > equipment in the backgrounds of these illustrations looks like it was
> > drawn from life.  Most probably these are carbon-button lamps run via
> > e-field coupling, and not "BL."

> Great article & pics! Thanks for posting.