I Don't Care That They Stole My Idea,I Care That They Don't Have Any Of Their Own (Nikola Tesla)
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The Famous Friends of Nikola Tesla
The Famous Friends of Nikola Tesla
Above: Mark Twain in Tesla's Laboratory at 35 South Fifth Avenue, 1895. Tesla was good friends with Mark Twain, famous American writer.
Above: Mark Twain and Joseph Jefferson in Tesla's South Fifth Avenue Laboratory, 1894, Tesla's image is blurred between them.
Nikola Tesla's private life is still an enigma. Being a loner, a bachelor, working alone, not entering into corporate associations and not mixing friends - his personal life was obscure to outsiders. His close friends were Robert Underwood Johnson, poet and editor of Century Magazine and his wife Katharine. Johnson's home on Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, New York City during the 1890s was the place where Nikola Tesla met many of his friends.
Above: Poem written by Robert Underwood Johnson about Tesla's lab.
Nikola Tesla called Mr. Johnson, "Luka Filipov" and Madame Johnson, "Miss Filipov". Luka Filipov was a Serbian Montenegrin hero from the "Battle on Vucji Do" in Montenegro, 1876 between Montenegrins and Turks. Luka Filipov captured in the "Battle on Vucji Do" the Turkish commander Osman Pasa and brought him to the Montenegrin King Nikola Petrovic. Above his heroism in the "Battle on Vucji Do" the famous Serbian poet Zmaj Jovan Jovanovic wrote a poem called "Luka Filipov". Nikola Tesla translated the poem from Serbian to English and the poem was published in Century Magazine.
Tesla met Anthony Dvorak, the famous Czech composer and music genius, in the home of Robert Underwood Johnson and his wife Katharine. The Johnson's home was located at 327 Lexington Avenue in Manhattan, New York City. It was a fashionable home of the editor of Century Magazine and Tesla's friend Robert Underwood Johnson. At the Johnson's home, Tesla met famous and important people such as Rudyard Kipling, the English poet and recipient of the Noble Prize for literature 1907. Kipling was born in Bombay, India.
Tesla also met Ignace Paderewski (1860-1941), Polish pianist, composer and statesman. Paderewski was representing Poland in the Versailles Peace Conference in 1919 and serving for ten months as premier of a coalition ministry of the Polish Government. In Johnson's home Tesla met writers John Muir and Helen Hunt Jackson, and the prima donna Nellie Melba and many politicians and socialites, including Senator George Hearst.
Ignace Paderewski (1860-1941), Polish pianist, composer and statesman. Prime Minister of Polish Government.
Above: Michael Idvorsky Pupin (1854 -1935)
The famous Serbian-American scientist and inventor Michael Pupin was also a guest at Johnson's home.
In 1883, three men who have since become world famous were at the University of Strasburg, although they were then unknown to each other or to fame. They were Paderewski, Roentgen, the discoverer of x-rays and Tesla. All there men became friends and became famous.
Above: Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen, discoverer of x-rays.
Above: Dinner to Mr. Henry Clews with the Board of Governors, February 1910, New York. Tesla is second from right.
Tesla Photographs
Tesla Photographs
Tesla images are placed on Yugoslavian money and stamps, here are a few pictures of his image on money and stamps. Many electronic and radio industries in Yugoslavia, Croatia, Czech Republic and Slovakia bear Tesla's name. Many scientific institutes, schools, societies and streets also bear his name. The biggest scientific states award in Croatia bears Tesla's name. There are many Tesla statues and busts in all Blakan countries. In many Balkan regions Tesla is well known. Every child who lives in the Balkans knows about Tesla.
Above: S.S. Saturnia, the ship which brought Nikola Tesla from Europe to New York Harbor, 1884.
Above: The first three Niagara Falls, alternating current generators to go online, 1896.
Celebration of "Nikola Tesla Day" July 10, 2004 in New York
Celebration of "Nikola Tesla Day" July 10, 2004 in New York
Above: Tesla Coil in Action
Nikola Tesla's birthday on July 10 was celebrated in Downtown Manhattan, New York City at Collective: Unconscious Theater with a beautiful artistic program and an amazing display of a Tesla Coil in action. The Collective: Unconscious and Miss Gecko, the founder, could be proud of their artistic and Tesla Coil performance. The Collective: Unconscious Theater has a huge Tesla Coil which is the biggest on Manhattan Island. For years now the theater entertains an enthusiastic audience with a display of Tesla Coil sparks 30- 40 cm long shooting into the air. The sparks were accompanied by the smell of Ozone and characteristic acoustic popping of electricity. The show was highly professional and the display of the Tesla Coil was magnificent. The cheering audience of young people was a reflection of the enthusiastic spirit of this unforgettable evening.
The Tesla Memorial Society of New York was represented at this important show. Besides Dr. Ljubo Vujovic, Secretary General, Tesla Memorial Society of New York, the following were present:
- Mr. Ranko Grujic, Board Member, Tesla Memorial Society of New York and Angel Company Water Distributor
- Prof. Dr. Borivoje A. Markovic, Chairman of the Fund for Development of the Balkans Inc., Board Member Tesla Memorial Society of New York.
Dr. Ljubo Vujovic made an introductory remark welcoming the audience to the event and thanking the artists, performers and Tesla coil technician for the show. Dr. Vujovic emphasized in his speech the importance of the existence of Collective: Unconscious in Downtown Manhattan, New York not only as entertainment but also an important source of information and education about Nikola Tesla's high frequency electricity. The Tesla Coil is an integral part of every television and radio built, it was a part of every physics laboratory at the turn of the century around the world. Today the Tesla Coil is entertaining millions of enthusiastic spectators around the world.
Tesla Coil
The Tesla coil is one of Nikola Tesla's most famous inventions. It is essentially a high-frequency air-core transformer. It takes the output from a 120vAC to several kilovolt transformer & driver circuit and steps it up to an extremely high voltage. Voltages can get to be well above 1,000,000 volts and are discharged in the form of electrical arcs. Tesla himself got arcs up to 100,000,000 volts, but I don't think that has been duplicated by anybody else. Tesla coils are unique in the fact that they create extremely powerful electrical fields. Large coils have been known to wirelessly light up florescent lights up to 50 feet away, and because of the fact that it is an electric field that goes directly into the light and doesn't use the electrodes, even burned-out florescent lights will glow.
Tesla Coil in Action play of electrical sparks
Remember Nikola Tesla Father of AC Electricity which is Lighting the World Today
Electricity and Disaster - Superstorm Sandy devastated New Jersey, New York and East Coast of the United States
Remember Nikola Tesla Father of AC Electricity which is Lighting the World Today
Above: Tesla sits below the Tesla Coil in his Colorado Spring Laboratory. The coil creates millions of volts of electricity with a frequency rate of 100,000 alterations per second.
Nikola Tesla holding a gas-filled phosphor-coated light bulb which was illuminated without wires by an electromagnetic field from the "Tesla Coil".
Electricity - we remember the work of Nikola Tesla, "Father of Electricity". Electricity is vital for heat, lights, subways, computers, telephones, gas stations, elevators, and life saving machines. Without the work of Tesla's Alternative Current Electricity, there would be no progress.
Many of the vital systems powered by Tesla's Alternative Current (AC) electricity stopped running because of the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. Wide spread flooding and power outages have affected many lifes both during and after this powerful storm.
The Tesla Memorial Society of New York is asking anyone who can help to donate time, money or support to the American Red Cross for helping those affected by this disaster.
Above: Donations to the American Red Cross.
The following pictures below can be found at dailymail.co.uk:
No play: This US Air Force photo shows an aerial view of the rollercoaster from the Seaside Heights amusement park on the New Jersey shore submerged in surf
Stuck: A car is pictured on Wednesday, partially buried by sand that was washed ashore by Superstorm Sandy in Atlantic City, New Jersey
All that's left: The foundations to the historic Rockaway boardwalk are all that remain after it was washed away during Superstorm Sandy in Brooklyn, New York
Snap: A man takes a picture of a woman in front of a crumbled public bathroom following Superstorm Sandy, on Tuesday in Belmar, New Jersey
Unbelievable: A woman looks at damage in the Rockaway neighborhood where the historic boardwalk was washed away during Superstorm Sandy
On fire: This photo from the New Jersey Governor's Office shows damage north of Seaside, New Jersey, on Tuesday after Superstorm Sandy made landfall
Severe damage: This picture provided by the US Coast Guard shows property damages along the New Jersey coast caused by Hurricane Sandy on Tuesday
Underwater: This picture provided shows flooded homes in Tuckerton, New Jersey, after Superstorm Sandy made landfall on the southern New Jersey coastline
Flooding: A portion of Harvey Cedars on Long Beach Island, New Jersey was underwater after Superstorm Sandy blew across the state with devastating resultsBEFORE AND AFTER: THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF SUPERSTORM SANDY ON ATLANTIC CITY'S HOLIDAY HOMES
How it was: This image from Google Maps shows Mantoloking Bridge in Brick, New Jersey, before the devastation was caused by Superstorm Sandy. All but one of the houses in the highlighted area above were destroyed in the storm. The only one to still be standing is circled above
Severe destruction: An aerial view from Greenpeace taken by Tim Aubry of the damage caused by Superstorm Sandy along the New Jersey coast in Brick
Shock: Brian Hajeski, 41, of Brick, New Jersey, reacts as he looks at debris of a home that washed up on to the Mantoloking Bridge the morning after Superstorm Sandy"The Merry Widow" Operetta by Franz Lehar
"The Merry Widow" Operetta by Franz Lehar
This is the greatest musical monument of Montenegro for the last 100 years. Book by Dr. Ljubo Vujovic, President, Tesla Memorial Society of New York
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