Tesla's Wireless Power Transmission ==> was Re: Non-tech Question

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Subject: Tesla's Wireless Power Transmission ==> was Re: Non-tech Question
From: "Bill Parn" <parn-at-starpower-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 08:23:11 -0600
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Greetings Coilers,

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> Original Poster: "Ed Phillips" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net> 
> 
> 
> That's not "wireless power transmission", just inductive coupling of
> resonant circuits.  If you read Tesla's stuff you'll find out that that
> was not what he was talking about.  (Whether or not he did transmit "by
> wireless".  I'm convinced he didn't but then the whole subject is much
> more one of religion than science.)
> 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Gavin, U.K.
> 
> Comments by
> 
> Ed

I am convinced from what I read that he did indeed transmit power
without wires.  Granted I have not read as much about this as I would
like to, however here are two accounts I do remember reading about.

Demonstration On A Stage:
He setup a TC on one side of the stage, which power was applied to.
He set up another unwired TC on the otherside of the stage tuned to
the same frequency as the first, this one was not plugged in.  I believe
he then attached a incandescent bulb in place of the spark gap.  The 
second TC was used as a step down transformer.  He turned the first
one on and sure enough the bulb lit right on up.  Wireless power
transmission using a fixed RF.

Demonstration To The Navy -- in hopes of funding -- truly the first
inventor of human concocted Radio Waves (not Marconi who really
built on Telsa's ideas):
Nikola Tesla built a radio controlled boat using his technology above
with mods of course.  Not only did he use wireless power transmission
to drive the motor propeller, he also used Radio Waves to control
the throttle and rudder of the vessel.  Unforntanately the Navy did
not fund him.  However the military branches use his unpaid for 
technology all the time in these current days.  It just took them 
80 or so years to realize how truly important his invention and idea
here really was in saving human lives on one side and possibly the
other side during wartime.

Hope this helps to convince that yes he did truly send wireless
power transmission.  Hey has anybody on this list tried the 
first demonstration above.  Sounds like a cool/hot experiment
to try.  :-)

Little off topic but we use microwaves transmit power all the
time.  A friend of a friend lives next to a AM broadcasting
station and he uses Nikola Tesla's ideas above to trickle
charge marine batteries to power things in his home off of 
the radio broadcasting station.  Wireless power transmission.
I think so.

Cheers,
Bill Parn