Check this out Darren :
http://www.teslauniverse.com/nikola-tesla/patents/us-patent-514972-electric-railway-system
http://altered-states.net/barry/tesla/
http://nikolateslasolar.blogspot.com.au/2014/11/nikola-tesla-apparatus-for-utilization.html
And there's heaps more.
Tony G
On 14 May 2016, at 8:48 pm, Darren Traynordarrentraynor@... [TramsDownUnder] TramsDownUnder@...> wrote:
> Hey Hi Tony,
> I'll keep this short (as I don't want to drift off a tram related topic!)
> Actually you're right about Morgan for sure. Old Nikola is a bit of a pet subjec t(and hero) of mine considering what an amazing mind he had. Yes, I think everybody had a piece of him in his career because of his altruistic attitude. When industrialists and banksters hear things like "I just want these to be free and benefit all mankind" they pounce and pounce they did on poor old Mr T.
> I think Nikola sealed his fate when he visited Washington in 1905 with one of his "boxes", stuck two electrodes in the ground and said "ok how much free electricity would you like"??? The rest was just downhill from there.
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> But to keep it tram related...
> Imagine a Tramway system free of wires and no coal burning power supply? Each car individually wirelessly linked to a central tower like the one Tesla built at Wardencliyffe. Ah what a totally different world we'd have...all free, endless and non polluting.
> I'd better stop or I'll get a bang at the door from some guys in suits!
> Stay well...
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> On Sat, 14/5/16, Tony Gallowayarg@... [TramsDownUnder] TramsDownUnder@...> wrote:
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> Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] Westinghouse (Full Feature Documentary) - YouTube (TAN)
> To: "TramsDownUnder@yahoogroups.com" TramsDownUnder@...>
> Received: Saturday, 14 May, 2016, 5:59 PM
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> I think
> compared to J P Morgan George Westinghouse was pretty fair
> to Tesla - Morgan was the one who pulled funding on Tesla
> when he became alarmed that Tesla wanted to supply “free
> wireless electricity” to the world (free electricity -
> quelle horreur !!) :
> https://teslauniverse.com/sites/default/files/article_files/19830800-01.pdf
> The other curious thing about Tesla
> was all his unpublished material, which was seized by the US
> State Dept, Office of Alien Property (despite Tesla being a
> US citizen) after he died in 1943. This material is still
> classified “Top Secret” and unpublished to this day
> :
> http://www.pbs.org/tesla/ll/ll_mispapers.html
> Which leads to any number of
> conspiracy theories ranging from the plausible to the
> bizarre :
> http://questy.com/content/fbi-conspiracy-theories-and-lost-files-nikola-tesla
> Tony G
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> On 14 May
> 2016, at 4:24 pm, Darren Traynordarrentraynor@...
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> wrote:
> Good old Mr Westinghouse. The
> man that stole everything from the real genius Nikola
> Tesla!
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> On Sat, 14/5/16, Tony Gallowayarg@... [TramsDownUnder]
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> [TramsDownUnder] Westinghouse (Full Feature Documentary) -
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> Received: Saturday, 14 May, 2016, 11:30 AM
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> film, worth the time to watch it - has good
> coverage of air
> brake development, the AC-DC
> battle with Tom Edison, early
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> technology, AC railway traction, natural gas
> technology and the rise and fall of consumer
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> manufacturing in the US :
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BUpF__h-IY
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