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NEWSCIENCENEWSCIENCENEWSCIENCE KILLS AT 200 MILES Famous Scientist’s Startling Claims A Mystery “WALL OF POWER” dison's greatest rival—the man who perfected alternating current and discovered the cosmic ray— reveals that he has evolved a startling invention that will: ¢ Kill at a range of 200 miles ¢ Project an impregnable wall of power at the same distance e Make a country immune from termites. Mounted on an adjustable tripod, [the] ray can be aimed at objects in the same manner as a searchlight. The beam transmits a stream of high frequency vibrations. (Source: Modern Mechanix, August 1936, http://tinyurl.com/2lwjgq) oS Henry Fleur (USA) prepares to operate , the infra-red death ray. contemplate the use of any so-called death-ray,". Mr Tesla continued. "Rays are not applicable because they cannot be projected in requisite quantities and diminish rapidly in intensity with distance." The scientist explains that his apparatus would project a wall of power at a distance of 200 miles, which would be impossible for any invading aircraft or armies to penetrate. Frontier stations for projecting the wall of power could be so established as to prevent any attacking force getting within effective range of a defending Anus tee enemy invasion ¢ Achieve undreamed-of results in television, and e Transform the relations between nations. He is Mr Nikola Tesla, the famous scientist, father of radio, television and power transmission. His invention, he declares, is not a death-ray but a method of transmitting a hitherto unknown source of energy by transmitting "particles" far more powerful than rays of any kind. In the following exclusive interview Mr Tesla outlines the principles of is discovery, which he believes will change the course of history. "My apparatus," he says, “projects particles which may be relatively arge or of microscopic dimensions, making it possible to convey to a small area, at a great distance, rillions of times more energy than is possible with rays of any kind. "The system enables many housands of horse-power to be ransmitted by a stream thinner than a hair, so that nothing can resist. The same method makes it possible to achieve undreamed-of results in elevision because there will be no imit to the intensity of illumination, size of the picture, or distance of projection." Mr Tesla's invention requires a arge plant, but he is convinced that whatever the existing obstacles to its adoption it will be in universal use in country. “| do not say," adds Mr Tesla, “that there may not be several destructive wars before the world accepts my gift. 1 may not live to see its acceptance. But I am convinced that a century from now every nation will render itself immune from attack by my device or by a device based on a similar principle. "At present, we suffer from the derangement of our civilisation because we have not yet completely adjusted ourselves to the machine age. The solution of our problem does not lie in destroying but in mastering the machine.” Many of his inventions and theories have proved to be years before their time, and were not readily accepted when he propounded them. He had to wait 15 years before the basic inventions for wireless, which he devised in 1893, were universally applied. It was in 1896 that he discovered the cosmic ray and produced his theory of radio- activity. Always his mind has been working far ahead of his time. Now he says that war can be made impossible by the projection of a wall of power which will be impregnable to any attacking forces. He foresees the day of the electric millennium when robots will take the place which slave labor occupied in ancient civilisations. 00 (Source: Sunday Times, Perth, 28 April 1935) RAY OF DEATH KILLS AT 6 MILES atest of the death rays designed for modern warfare comes from Bourges, France. Henri Claudel, wel known French scientist, is the inventor. Recent experiments with the delicate apparatus have proved i to be unusually deadly when directed at small forms of life. The inventor estimates that the machine, which he calls "Rays of Death", wil kill any living thing at a distance of 10 kilometers, or approximately 6% miles. The rays are projected by means o} a slender tube mounted on a tripod, permitting the operator to send them in any direction or at any angle. Details regarding the construction o the death ray machine are being kep a closely guarded secret, only the results of the experiment having been made public. (Source: Modern Mechanix, August 1935, http://tinyurl.com/86jyxhv) and Henri Claudel of Bourges, France, shown here with his death-ray machine. time. invention of mine does not not APRIL - MAY 2012 NEXUS ¢ 51 www.nexusmagazine.com