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...Premier Nikola Pashitch tendered his resignation and that of his Cabinet to King Alexander, advising His Majesty to call for a new election. Thus, a laconic despatch from Belgrade...
...Hamill, British engineer, said to represent the German scientist who invented this last-named device, is in America, trying to sell the method to the U. S. Air Service. The rays operate by disabling the magneto of an engine. The first step toward this process was discovered by Nikola Tesla, 30 years ago, and most of the current schemes are based on his principle...
...growth of the present Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. George Westinghouse staked his fortune upon the development of alternating current equipment, and won. Gradually the inventions of the other brilliant inventors were acquired. Stanley worked out apparatus for handling alternating current. Oliver B. Shellenberger produced the first induction metre. Nikola Tesla sold out to Westinghouse his alternating current motor. In any history of electrical development, the work done by the Westinghouse Co. must be given a prominent place...
...Nikola Tesla, Professor Bergen Davis, Columbia physicist, and other American scientists have been working on similar projects, and believe Grindell-Matthews' method thoroughly feasible. Practical aviators are inclined to scoff at the idea, but a number of such devices have been developed with partial success. The Britisher's invention will be offered to the British Government first, but, if not accepted, then to other nations. The French and German experimenters have not yet reached the efficiency of the Englishman's machine. It can also be used against infantry, either to kill or disable...
...Nikola Tesla, Austrian immigrant who became an electrical magician, inventor of alternating current motor, high-frequency generator, and various devices and systems of generation, transmission, wireless...