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Nikola Tesla's "Black Magic
Nikola Tesla's "Black Magic"
Touring Car EV World (originally published July 11, 2006)
In the summer of 1931, Nikola Tesla -- the inventor of alternating current and the holder of some 1200 other U.S. patents -- along with his nephew Peter Savo installed a box on the front seat of a brand new Pierce-Arrow touring car at the company factory in Buffalo, New York. The box is said to have been 24 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 6 inches high. Out of it protruded a 1.8 meter long antenna and two ΒΌ-inch metal rods. Inside the box was reputed to be some dozen vacuum tubes (70-L-7 type) and other electrical parts. 2 wire leads ran from the box to a newly-installed 40-inch long, 30-inch diameter AC motor that replaced the gasoline engine.
Nikola Tesla's "Black Magic
Nikola Tesla's "Black Magic"
Touring Car EV World (originally published July 11, 2006)
In the summer of 1931, Nikola Tesla -- the inventor of alternating current and the holder of some 1200 other U.S. patents -- along with his nephew Peter Savo installed a box on the front seat of a brand new Pierce-Arrow touring car at the company factory in Buffalo, New York. The box is said to have been 24 inches long, 12 inches wide, and 6 inches high. Out of it protruded a 1.8 meter long antenna and two ΒΌ-inch metal rods. Inside the box was reputed to be some dozen vacuum tubes (70-L-7 type) and other electrical parts. 2 wire leads ran from the box to a newly-installed 40-inch long, 30-inch diameter AC motor that replaced the gasoline engine.