tesla 2013 - the prestige - genius who died in misery
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TeslaGenius who Died in Misery
The Prestige
Petar KocovicJuly 10, 2013
Gradjevinski fakultet, Beograd
Nikola Tesla (July 10, 1856 – January 7, 1943)
1200+ patents, but for 272 he got patent rights out of USA
Money does not represent such a value as men have placed upon it. All my money has been invested into experiments with which I have made new discoveries enabling mankind to have a little easier life.
Let the future tell the truth and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine. "A Visit to Nikola Tesla" by Dragislav L. Petković in Politika (April 1927); also in Tesla, Master of Lightning (1999) by Margaret Cheney, Robert Uth, and Jim Glenn, p. 82
PIVOTAL POINT1897, NIAGARA PLANT
1897 – 0 yr
First Franchise – 2.5$ (2012$54) per HP (1.34 kW)
Niagara – cca 1900 a.d.
2012$40/kW
2012 – 54$
1897 – 2.5$
1897 – 0 yr
TURN POINTDISCOVERING AMERICAN CONTINENT
1492 – 405 yr
Christopher Columbus aka Cristobal Colon(c. 31 October, 1451 – 20 May, 1506)
First voyage in 1492
1492 – 405 yr
Columbus Preparation for the Trip
Fra Mauro Map (1450) – Marco Polo used this for his route
1492 – 405 yr
Using sextant
1492 – 405 yr
Voyage I (3 Aug 1492-12. Oct 1492)
Following his plotted course, he instead landed within the Bahamas Archipelago at a local he named San Salvador.
Mistaking the lands he encountered for Asia, he referred to the inhabitants as "indios" (Spanish for "Indians").
Evening of 3 August 1492, Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera with three ships: Santa María, Pinta and Santa Clara
1492 – 405 yr
CUGNOT – STEAM MOBILE
1769 – 128 yr
Nicolas Joseph Cugnot – 1769 Fardier à vapeur
1769 – 128 yr
JAMES WATT – STEAM ENGINE
1775 – 122 yr
04/18/2023
James Watt (19.1.1736.-19.8.1819)
• 1769 invent steam engine• From this point Industrial
Revolution start
1775 – 122 yr
Steam Engine in Action
1775 – 122 yr
Boilerman (also Fireman, Stoker)
They eating enormous volume of food.
FRENCH REVOLUTION - 1789
1789 – 108 yr
French Revolution - 1789
1789 – 108 yr
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT WAS BORN – #1 OF 5 GIANTS WHO BUILT AMERICA
1794 – 103 yr
FIRST STEAMBOAT-ROBERT FULTON
1803 – 94 yr
Robert Fulton Steamboat 1803
1803 – 94 yr
Robert Fulton presented steamboat to Napoleon
FIRST LOCOMOTIVE – STEPHENSON ROCKET - 1830
1830 – 67 yr
Stephenson’s Rocket(1830- Manchester-Liverpool)
1830 – 67 yr
ANDREW CARNEGIE WAS BORN – #2 OF 5 GIANTS WHO BUILT AMERICA
1835 – 62 yr
JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN WAS BORN – #3 OF 5 GIANTS WHO BUILT AMERICA
1837 – 60 yr
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER WAS BORN – #4 OF 5 GIANTS WHO BUILT AMERICA
1839 – 58 yr
THOMAS ALVA EDISON WAS BORN
1847 – 50 yr
Poet
1848 – 49 yr
Carnegie start to work in the Office of Thomas Scott – his Lifetime Mentor
Carnegie
Scott
Age 131850 – 2.5$week/2012 – 49$ - Post Office
1848 – 1.2$week/2012 – 48$-Bobbin Boy
Poet
1850 – 47 yr
Vanderbilt Switched to ocean-going steamboats
Vanderbilt
Age 56
Poet
1850 – 45 yr
Rockefeller Start to Sell Candies to the Kids in his Quart
Rockefeller
Age 13
NIKOLA TESLA WAS BORN
1856 – 41 yr
Poet
1859 – 38 yr
Carnegie Start to work for Thomas Scott – as Manager
Carnegie
Scott
Age 24
Civil War 1861-1865
1861 – 36 yr
Poet
1863 – 34 yr
John D. Rockefeller built first Oil Refinery in Cleveland
First Spill
Age 25
HENRY FORD WAS BORN – #5 OF 5 GIANTS WHO BUILT AMERICA
1863 – 34 yr
Poet
1864 – 33 yr
Vanderbilt Sold Last Ship and Start with Railroad Business
Vanderbilt
Age 70
Lincoln was Killed – April 14, 1865
1865 – 32 yr
Poet
1866 – 31 yr
Vanderbilt Start to Buy Railroad Companies
Vanderbilt
Age 72
1867
1867 – 30 yr
Poet
1867 – 30 yr
Vanderbilt provide 180,000 New Jobs
Vanderbilt
Age 73
Poet
1867 – 30 yr
Rockefeller Company was Near Collapse
Vanderbilt
Age 73
RockefellerAge 28
Rockefeller met Vanderbilt after survived dropping of Wagons in AngolaDecember 18, 1867
1867 – 30 yr
Age 73Age 28
1868
1868 – 29 yr
Vanderbilt was Owner of 40% of American Railroads
1868 – 29 yr
Age 74
PROMISED 40 T/DAY OF KEROSENE TO VANDERBILT – DELIVERED 1/3
1868 – 29 yr
Age 29
Carnegie Start to Built Bridge over Mississippi River – St. Louis
1868 – 29 yr
Age 33
Poet
1870 – 27 yr
Rockefeller Start Monopoly with Standard Oil Company
Age 31
Rockefeller
Oil Lanterns Era
Rockefeller bought First Oil Pipe – United Pipe Lines
1872 – 25 yr
Age 33
Poet
1873 – 24 yr
Vanderbilt and Scott Made Pact against Rockefeller
Vanderbilt
Age 79
ScottAge 32
1873 Panic – Stock Exchange was closed 10 days (Sept 18)
Otto Engine
Nickolaus Augustus Otto
1876 – 21 yr
Cornelius Vanderbilt Wealth 11Bil - 1.5%USDGDP
1877 – 20 yr
Died AT AGE 83
2012 – 185Bil$
1877 – 11Bil$
Poet
1878 – 20 yr
J.P. Morgan Invested 4.87Mil$ in Edison Electric Light Company
Morgan
Age 40
EdisonAge 31
2012 – 83Mil$
1878 – 4.87Mil$
1879Rockefeller owned 95% of Oil Pipelines
J.P. Morgan install 400 electrical lamps in his house and DC Generator – First in the history
Thomas Edison - Demo – 1879 DecemberElectric Bulb Patent -1880 January
1879 – 18 yr
Edison Age 25Morgan Age 42
Rockefeller Age 40
J.D. Rockefeller – #1 Wealth in the World 13.2 Bil USD
1880 – 17 yr
Age 41
2012 – 225Bil$
1880 – 13.2Bil$
Poet
1881 – 17 yr
1881 Carnegie’s Mentor Tom Scott Died
Carnegie
Carnegie Age 46
ScottScott Died at Age 58
1882
Gotlieb Daimler – Internal Combustion Engine
1882 – 16 yr
Poet
1882 – 15 yr
1882 Carnegie met Henry Frick – Leading Coal Supplier in USA
Carnegie
Carnegie Age 48
FrickFrick Age 23
1882 – J.P. Morgan financed First DC Station – Pearl Street Station – New York
1882 – 15 yr
•Originally powered by custom-made Porter-Allen high-speed steam engines designed to provide 175 horsepower at 700 rpm•Unreliable with their sensitive governors •They were removed and replaced with new engines from Armington & Sims that proved to be much more suitable for Edison's dynamos
1882 – Tesla worked in Edison Office in Paris
1882 – 15 yr
Edison Age 35Tesla Age 26
1884 – Pearl Street Station – New York had 508 Users and 10,164 Bulbs
1884 – 13 yr
Original Edison two-wire dc distribution line showing the half-moon cross section of the conductors and the conduit and insulation used
1884 – Tesla went to USA via Ellis Island (28 yr)
Dept. Port: Antwerpen, Ship: Nordland
1884 – Tesla moved to Edison Office in New York
1884 – 13 yr
Edison Age 37Tesla Age 28Edison
Tesla
For improving DC, Edison promised to Tesla $50,000
2012 – 973,250$
1884– 50,000$
1885
1885 Karl Benz - Motorwagen
1885 – 12 yr
1885 Rockefeller was 17x Reach than Carnegie
1885 – 12 yr
Rockefeller Age 46Carnegie Age 50
1885 – Tesla worked for Edison for $10/Week
1885 – 12 yr
Edison Age 38Tesla Age 29Edison
Tesla
2012 – 202$
1897 – 10$
1886
1886 – Tesla Resigned
1886 – 11 yr
Edison Age 39Tesla Age 30
Edison
Tesla
2012 – 392$
1886 – 18$
•Tesla made improvement on DC motor, but Edison said that Tesla did not understood American humor about 50,000$.•Edison offered to Tesla 18$/week.•Tesla immediately resigned.•Tesla open his own company: The Tesla Electric Light & Manufacturing Co.•Business did not go well – so Tesla dig channels for 2$ week.
1886 – The Tesla Electric, Light and Manufacturing Co.
1888 Carnegie Open the Largest Steel Factory in Homestead
1888 – 9 yr
Frick Age 28Carnegie Age 53
CarnegieFrick
Frick manage factory like dictator, because Carnegie did not like to do that. Working hours 12x6 a week, for the same salary!
1888, May 1st – Tesla Patent No 381,968
1888 – 9 yr
Tesla Age 32
Tesla
1888, July Start Negotiations with Westinghouse
1888 – 9 yr
Tesla Age 32
Tesla
Westinghouse
Tesla Electric Company received 75,000$ in Cash for 7 patents2.5$ from manufactured HP of Electrical Energy2,000$ monthly fee for consulting activities in Westinghouse company in period of 12 months
1888 – 2.5$HP/2012 – 55$1888 – 75,000$/2012-1,635,060$
1888 – 2,000/2012 – 43,602$
1891 Carnegie Hall was Open
1891 – 6 yr
Carnegie Age 56
Rockefeller was 3x Reach than Carnegie
1891 – Ford Works in Edison Company
1891 – 6 yrEdison Age 45Ford Age 28
1891 Tesla Received American Citizenship
1891 – 6 yr
Tesla Age 35
Tesla
Unemployment Rate on 100 Citizens
Year Lebergott
1890 4.0
1891 5.4
1892 3.0
1893 11.7
1894 18.4
1895 13.7
1896 14.5
1897 14.5
1898 12.4
1899 6.5
1900 5.0
1892 Homestead Strike
1892 – 5 yr
Carnegie Age 57
Frick – Tirany
1892 General Electric EstablishedMorgan bought Shares from Edison’s Edison Electric Company
1892 – 5 yr
Morgan Age 55
EdisonEdison Age 35
Morgan
1893 Panic
1893 – 4 yr
1893 – Bid for Columbian World Exposition - Chicago
1893 – 4 yr
Morgan Age 56Westinghouse Age 47
Morgan with Edison1. Price – 1.8 Mil USD2. Price - 554,000 USD Westinghouse and Tesla
Winners – 339,000 USD
1893 – 554,000/2012 – 11,2Mil$1893– 1.8 Mil$/2012-36.3Mil$
1893 – 339,000/2012 – 6,84Mil$
1893 Westinghouse was in Bankruptcy
1893 – 4 yr
Tesla Age 37
Tesla
Westinghouse
Westinghouse Age 47
1893 – COLUMBIAN WORLD EXPOSITION
1893 – 4 yr
1893
Area: 2.4 km2May 1 – October 30
1893 – 4 yr
1893
General Electric banned the use of Edison's lamps in Westinghouse's plan in retaliation for losing the bid.
1893 – 4 yr
1893 – Tesla and Fesenden Invented More Efficient Bulb
1893 – 4 yr
1880-1893 Edison Lamp Dissipate Heat
~1888 - ~ 1895
Tesla Patent 514, 167Electrical Conductor - 1894
1894 – 3 yr
Edison vs Tesla cabling proposal:
Edison: digging 25 milesTesla: Transmission Patent 405,859
1895 William Jennings Bryan – Candidate for USA President – Speeches against Tycoons
1895 – 2 yr
1895
Rockefeller, Carnegie & Morgan donate to William McKinley, opponent of Bryan – 200,000$ each, with intention to buy President who will protect their wealth
2012 – 13,080,480 Mil$
1895 – 600,000$ 1895 – 2 yr
1895 – Morgan Donation
1895 – 2 yr
Morgan together with Rockefeller, help with 3.5 Million Pounds in Gold to USA president Groover to escape from new economic crisis
1895 – Westinghouse won the Bid for Niagara Power Station and Start with Building
1895 – 2 yr
Morgan/Edison offer – 1 Mil$Westinghouse offer – 399,000$Westinghouse offered Wired transmission, Morgan digging tunnel for cable
Westinghouse 1895 – 339,000$/7,400,000$
Morgan 1895 – 1Mil$/ 2012 – 22,000,000$
Edison and Tesla Cables
1895 – Fire in Tesla Lab in 33-35 South 5th Ave. (Now West Broadway)
1895 – 2 yr
2012 – 1,090,040 Mil$
1895 – 50,000$
1895 - Niagara Commission
Lord Kelvin – first row in the middle
Section of cable through which first electric current generated in Power House of Niagara Falls Power Co. was transmitted April 16th, 1895.
1895 – 2 yr
1896 William McKinley was Elected as 25th President of USA
Average Salary: 100$Panic 1896
1896 – 1 yr
2012 – 2,180$
1896 – 100$
1896 - Rockefeller Invest in Mines in Minnesota and Start to Supply Carnegie Competitors with Lower Prices
1896 – 1 yr
Carnegie Profits Dropped Down Dramatically
1896 - Rockefeller and Carnegie first Time Negotiate directly. Rockefeller has to Supply only Carnegie
1896 – 1 yr
Rockefeller Age 59Carnegie Age 61
1896 – J.P. Morgan bought all Edison Shares in General Electric
1896 – 1 yr
•GE was most valuable company in the world – 50,000,000$•GE used AC!•Morgan was 3rd most influenced men in USA after Rockefeller and Carnegie
2012 – 1,090,004,000$
1896 – 50,000,000$
1896 Ford met Edison and show him Quadricycle
•Quadricycle did not have brakes and steering wheel•Speed 32km/h
1896 – 1 yr
Ford Age 34
1896 – Morgan paid to Tesla Company via Westinghouse, Royalties for Niagara
• Morgan paid to Tesla company $216,000
1896 – 1 yr
Morgan Age 592012 – 4,700,000$
1896 – 216,000$
1896 Adams Power Station Facts• Notable features: Largest power station ever
built until 1895. Attracted national attention due to the enormous size of the project, and collaboration of both electric giants of the continent: GE and Westinghouse contributed to the publicity engine.
• Frequency: 25 Hz, Two-Phase, Alternating Current
• Power Transmission Length: 25 miles at 11,000 volts using #1 wire
• Power system built by: Westinghouse• Notable Engineers: Thomas Evershed• Cataract Company: George Forbes• Westinghouse: Benjamin G. Lamme, Oliver
Shallenberger, Nikola Tesla• General Electric: William Stanley, Dr. Louis Bell,
Charles P. Steinmetz• Maximum Power Output: 37 Megawatts: 50,000
horsepower (1896)
1896 – 1 yr
1897 - First Franchise – 2.5$ (2012$54) per HP (1.34 kW)
Niagara – cca 1900 a.d.
2012$40/kW
2012 – 54$
1897 – 2.5$
1897 – 0 yr
Westinghouse was in financial problemsTesla heckled Francising Contract with Westinghouse in 1896.Tesla got flat ammount $216,000 from Morgan.
Single-wire transmission line - 1897
At 1897- Nikola Tesla demonstrated that by using an electrical network tuned to resonance and using, what at the time would be called, "high frequency AC" and today would be low frequency AC, only a single wire was necessary for power systems, with no need for a metal or Earth return conductor. Tesla called it the "transmission of electrical energy through one wire without return". Tesla stated in 1901:
"Some ten years ago, I recognized the fact that to convey electric currents to a distance it was not at all necessary to employ a return wire, but that any amount of energy might be transmitted by using a single wire. I illustrated this principle by numerous experiments, which, at that time, excited considerable attention among scientific men."
In the spring of 1891, Tesla gave demonstrations with various machines before the AIEE at Columbia College. His lecture exhibited this feature, the chief import exhibited that all kinds of devices could be operated through a single wire without a return conductor. The one-wire transmission system was protected in 1897 by U.S. Patent 0,593,138, "Electrical Transformer".
1897 – 0 yr
1898 Ford left Edison Company
1898 – 1 yr
1898 Tesla Wireless Boat/Madison Square Garden Exhibition
1898 – 1 yr
1898 Wireless Control
First commercial use – after 1960
1898 – 1 yr
1898 – Tesla Oscillator (Earthquake Machine)
1898 – 1 yr
1899 Ford – Detroit Automobile Company
1899 – 2 yr
1899 – Tesla – Colorado Springs, May 17
1899 – 2 yr
1899 – Nikola Tesla CompanyValue $300,000/$200x1,500shares
Tesla entered 17 wireless patents as the value of the company
Owners of Tesla Electric Co:-- Astor 33%-- Simpson and Crawford 3.3%-Mr Mils 3.3%-- Nikola Tesla 60.4%
1899 – Colorado Springs – John Jacob Astor bought 500 shares for 100,000$, and was
Director of the Board of Nikola Tesla Company
1899 – 2 yr2012 – 2,180,080$
1899 – 100,000$Astor was owner of 1/3 of Nikola Tesla Company
1900 – Second Mandate William McKinley as USA President
Vice-president – Theodore Roosevelt
1900 – 3 yr
1900 Morgan start Negotiations about selling Carnegie Steel via Charles M. Schwab, Carnegie’s Manager
J.P. Morgan Andrew Carnegie
Charles M. Schwab
1900 – 3 yr
1900 Tesla start Wardenclyffe ProjectMorgan Invest 150,000$ for 51% of Tesla Electric Co.
1900 – 3 yr2012 – 3,270,120$
1900 – 150,000$
Morgan bought Tesla wireless Patents
Owners of Tesla Electric Co:-Morgan 51%-- Astor 33%-- Simpson and Crawford 3.3%-Mr Mils 3.3%-- Nikola Tesla 9.4%
Tesla-Astor-Relations•In 1900, Tesla returned to New York City and formed a partnership with J. Pierpont Morgan. - Wardenclyffe•Morgan gave Tesla $150,000. In return, Tesla gave Morgan control over wireless patents but also he was forced to include his patents in lighting as well. •This event apparently angered Astor, as Tesla never really exploited his inventions in lighting, but rather used the money to undertake wireless experiments in Colorado Springs. •Astor wanted Tesla to sell fluorescent lights. •We know that fluorescent lights are much more efficient than Edison-based incandescent lamps. They are cold to the touch, use much less power and last for years, whereas Edison light bulbs give off a great amount of heat and break in a matter of months. •Fluorescent lights for homes and buildings would not
come to the market until the 1940’s. Most likely, this invention was suppressed for economic reasons.
1901, March 2, Carnegie sold Steel Factory for 483 Mil$ - US Steel was Born
1901 – 4 yr2012 – 10,507Bil$
1901 – 483Mil$
#1 company in the WorldHalf of the money went to Andrew Carnegie
Morgan Age 61Carnegie Age 66
1901 US President McKinley killed – Theodore Roosevelt was 26th President of
USA
1901 – 4 yr
1901 – Marconi sent “Letter S” over Atlantic Ocean
1901 – 4 yr
Marconi Age 27
Marconi used Morse code to transfer signal from Newfoundland to EnglandMorgan lost interest for Tesla experiments
1903 Carnegie was Richest Man in the World
1903 – 6 yr2012 – 210Bil$
1903 – 9,63Bil$ Carnegie Age 68
1903 – Founded Ford Motor Company
1903 – 6 yr
Ford Age 40
1904 - Theodore Roosevelt 26th President of USA – Second Mandate
1904 – 7 yr
1904 – Roosevelt start Campaign against Rockefeller and Morgan
1904 – 7 yr
1905 – First Flight, Dec 5, Wright Brothers
1905 – 8 yr
1905 – Morgan was Involved in building of Panama Channel from the side of USA Government
1905 – 8 yr2012 – 872Mil$
1903 – 40Mil$
1905 – Albert Einstein General Theory of Relativity
1905 – 8 yr
Einstein Age 26
1906 – Tesla Patents for AC Motor Expired
• Everybody can use Tesla group of patents from 1888 for free
• Total amount of shares what Westinghouse never paid to Tesla was $12,000,000.
1906 – 9 yr2012 – 262Mil$
1906 – 12Mil$
1901-1906 Tesla sent 50 Letters to Morgan about Wireless Transfer of Energy
1906 – Tesla Turbine Made Public
1906 – 9 yr
Tesla Age 50
1906 – Tesla Friction Speedometer
1906 – 9 yr
Tesla Age 50
Contracted by Waltham Watch Company to build the world's first and only air-friction speedometer, which he also patented. It was used in Packard, Lincoln and Pierce-Arrow luxury cars.
1907 - Panic
1907 – 10 yr
1909 – William Howard Taft – 27. President of the USA
1909 – 12 yr
1909 – Marconi and Brown shared Nobel Prize for Physics
1909 – 12 yr
Marconi Age 35Brown Age 59
1910 – Mark Twain Died
1910 – 13 yr
Tesla Age 54Twain Died at Age 65
Samuel Langhorne Clemens - Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist.
1910 – Tesla moved Office to Metropolitan Tower
1910 – 12 yr
Tesla Age 54Metropolitan Tower – Tallest Building in the world
1911 – USA vs Standard Oil
Standard Oil divided on 34 small companies: Exxon, Chevron, Mobile 1911 – 13 yr
Rockefeller Age 72
1912 - Milionaire John Jacob Astor died in the Titanic Crash
The White State line was owned by J.P. Morgan. At the last moment, Morgan decided not to sail on his ship....Madeleine survived, and according to John Jacob Astor's will, Madeleine would have received income from a $5,000,000 trust fund as long as she did not remarry.
Madeleine and John Astor
1912 – 15 yr
Astor Died at Age 48
1912 - Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Company removed the Machinery from the Building
1912 – 15 yr
Tesla Age 56
2012 – 441,654$
1913 – 23,500$ …as part of their judgment of $23,500
1913 – Rockefeller Foundation
• Start with 18.52Mlrd$
1913 – 15 yr
Rockefeller Age 74
2012 – 340Bil$
1913 – 18.52Bil$
1913 – J.P. Morgan Died
• Wealth: 2.26Bil$• NYSE was close a day to
mourn the passing of his president
1913 – 16 yr
Morgan Died Age 76
2012 – 41.5Bil$
1913 – 2.26Bil$
1914 -George Westinghouse Died
1914 – 17 yr
Westinghouse Died Age 69
Tesla Age 58
Inventor of Railway Air Brake
1914- Tesla Moved Office to Woolworth Building, New Tallest Building in the World
1914 – 17 yr
Tesla Age 58
1914 – Ford $5/day salary
1914 – 17 yr2012 – 17.12$
1914 – 5$
Working Week = 8hr*5 days
1915 – Tesla Move his Office to 8W 40 Street
1915 – 18 yr
Tesla Age 59
1915 – Albert Einstein Special Theory of Relativity
1915 – 18 yr
Einstein Age 36
1915 – Tesla Hotel Bills in Waldorf-Astoria were $19,000
1915 – 17 yr
Tesla Age 59
2012 – 340,637$
1916 – 19,000$
In order to keep a roof over his head, Tesla had given two mortgages on Wardenclyffe to George C. Boldt, proprietor of the Waldorf-Astoria, to secure payment of hotel bills amounting to almost $19,000. Tesla requested that they not be recorded, fearing that all his projects would be destroyed if the matter became public. He was unable to make any payments at all, and was forced to sign the deed over to Waldorf-Astoria, Inc., through a silent intermediary.
1915 – Tesla & Edison were Nominated for Nobel Prize. Tesla Refused – he did not Like to Share $20,000 with Edison
2012 – 181,673$
1915 – 20,000$
1915 – 18 yr
Tesla Age 59Edison Age 68
1916 – Tesla Declared Bankruptcy
1916 – 19 yr
Tesla Age 60
2012 – 15,584$
1916 – 935$
Even though Tesla had some minor successes, he continued to fall deeper and deeper into debt primarily due to his high overhead. He was called into the state supreme court for $935.00 in unpaid taxes on the Wardenclyffe property. Under oath before Justice Finch, Tesla revealed that he was essentially penniless and owned no real assets.
1916 - Tesla has to pay – Wardenclyffe Arbitration
2012 – 935,000$
1916 – 56,000$
1916 – 19 yr
Tesla Age 60
1917– Tesla
2012 – 181,673$
1917 – 20,000$
1917 – 20 yr
Tesla Age 61
•Receive IEEE Edison Medal, but he was not present on ceremony•George Bolt paid 20,000$ debit for Wardenclyfe Tower.•He published principles for radar•Move to Chicago for 16 month working on his turbine
1917 - U.S Blows Up Tesla Radio Tower
1917 – 20 yr
Tesla Age 61
1918 – Tesla Came back in New York in Hotel St. Regis
1918 – 21 yr
Tesla Age 62
1919 – Andrew Carnegie Died
• 350 mil$ donate in 2,500 libraries in 49 countries around the world
1919 – 22 yr
Carnegie Died at Age 84
2012 – 368Mil$
1919 – 35Mil$
1920 – Ford Richest Man in the World
1920 – 23 yr
Ford Age 56
2012 – 166Bil$
1920 – 18.2Bil$
1922 - Tesla Favorite White Pigeon Died 1922 – 25 yrTesla Age 66
Tesla had many pigeons he fed and cared for, but one, he was particularly fond of. He described it as being a beautiful female bird, pure white with light gray tips on its wings. One night the bird flew into Tesla's room at Hotel St. Regis, and he perceived that she was attempting to tell him she was dying. Tesla said a light came from her eyes more intense than he had ever produced by the most powerful lamps in his laboratory. The bird then died and Tesla said that at that same
moment, something went out of his life and he knew his life's work was finished.
1923 – Tesla Moved to Hotel Marguery
1923 – 26 yr
Tesla Age 67
2012 – 31,997$
1923 – 3,000$
Tesla debit in hotel Regis – 3,000$
1924 – St. Regis Hotel Sues Tesla
1924 – 27 yr
Tesla Age 68
May 25Tesla left the Hotel St. Regis owing a debt of over $3,000. After having moved out over six months earlier and never making an effort to resolve the debt, Tesla was sued for the balance. Shortly afterward, a sheriff's deputy was sent to Tesla's office at 8W 40th St. to seize furnishings in order to satisfy the debt. Tesla managed to persuade the officer to grant him an extension.
1925 – Katherine Johnson Dies
1925 – 28 yr
Tesla Age 69
Katharine McMahon Johnson was, according to some accounts, the only woman Tesla ever loved. She was the wife of Tesla's lifelong friend, Robert Underwood Johnson. Though the two often exchanged flirtatious letters, their relationship was totally platonic. Not forgetting Tesla even at death, she charged Robert to keep in close touch with him always.
1925 – Tesla Moved his Office to 350 Madison Ave
1925 – 28 yr
Tesla Age 69
For unknown reasons, Tesla relocates his office from 8W 40th St. to 350 Madison Ave. By 1928, maintaining an office had become too burdensome and it was closed for good.
1926 – Tesla rent Room in Hotel Pennsylvania
1926 – 29 yr
Tesla Age 70He kept room in Hotel Marguery for meeting with “special” friends
1926-Doctorate from Belgrade and Zagreb Universities
1926 – 29 yr
Tesla Age 70
1907-1928 – Ford Model T
1926 – 29 yr
Tesla Age 70
2012 – 8,483$
1926 – 825$
1929 – Great Depression
1929 – 32 yr
Tesla Age 73
2012 – 1.062$
1929 – 100$
1930 – Move to Governor Clinton Hotel
1930 – 33 yr
Tesla Age 74
2012 – 21.800$
1930 – 2,000$
Debit to Hotel Pennsylvania – 2,000$ - Covered by friend B.A. Behrend
1931 – Cover Page in Time Magazine
1931 – 34 yr
Tesla Age 75
1931 – Edison Died
1931 – 34 yr
Edison Died at Age 84
1931- Coaxial Cable Patent, Dec 8, 1931Bell Labs Project
1934, Jan 2nd – Moved to New Yorker Hotel
1934 – 37 yr
Tesla Age 78
A settlement was reached with the Westinghouse Corporation that provided Tesla
with a consulting rate of $125 per month along with the agreement to pay his monthly rent expenses. Upon signing the agreement, Tesla promptly moved to the Hotel New Yorker where he'd live rent free for the rest of his days. The debt owed to Hotel Governor Clinton was never paid.
2012 – 1,698$
1934 – 125$
2012 – 1,396$
1942 – 125$
2012 – 160,000$
1934-1942 – 12,000$
1934 – Article in Scientific American
1934 – 37 yr
Tesla Age 78
1934 – “Death Rays” - NYT
1934 – 37 yr
Tesla Age 78
1934 – Tesla proclamed Death Ray11 July 1934 the headline on the front page of the New York Times read, 'TESLA, AT 78, BARES NEW 'DEATH BEAM'. ... such tremendous energy that they will bring down a fleet of 10,000 enemy airplanes at a distance of 250miles...' Tesla stated that the death beam would make war impossible by offering every country an 'invisibleChinese wall'. ("A Master of Lightening: A Weapon To End War")
1934 – 37 yr
Tesla Age 78Today Reagan Star War Project
1934- Tesla and Illuminati
•Illuminati wants to wage war, since that is how they plan to create their global government, economy and religion, and then stage their Masonic Christ. •Therefore, it is not surprising that J.P. Morgan refused Tesla's request; however, the Western Illuminati did not secretly pursue Tesla's concepts because their scientists considered Tesla's research in this area as "junk science".•But, Tesla then took action which allowed the Russians to gain access to this unbelievable sphere of science.
1935 – Tesla Published Article: “A Machine to End War”
1935 – 38 yr
Tesla Age 79
Pupin Died – Tesla visited him in the hospital
Pupin Died at Age 81
1935 - Tesla was Elected in SANU but did not respond
1892: was not elected for SRAS (SANU) full member
1935 – 38 yr
Tesla Age 79
1937 – John D. Rockefeller Died
1937 – 40 yr
Tesla Age 81
Rockefeller Died at Age 99
Donation through his Foundation:530Mil USD
2012 – 6.7Bil$
1937 – 530Mil$
1937 - Tesla Presented Patent to USSR
• In 1937 Tesla presented a plan to the Amtorg Trading Corporation, an alleged Soviet arms front in New York City.
• Tesla hit by Taxi on the street.
1937 – 40 yr
Tesla Age 81
Istra, USSR
1937 Marconi Died
1937 – 40 yr
Tesla Age 81Marconi Died at Age 63
1939 - Tesla Sold Patent to USSR
• One stage of the plan was tested in the USSR and Tesla received a check for $25,000.
1939 – 41 yr
Tesla Age 83
Istra, USSR
2012 – 316,872$
1939 – 25,000$
1940 – First Neon Light Commercialized
1940 – 43 yr
Tesla Age 84Tesla Patent Expired – 26 years Ago
1942 – King Petar II Visited Tesla in his Room in New Yorker Hotel
1942 – 45 yr
Tesla Age 86
1943, Jan 7, Tesla Died
1943 – 46 yr
Tesla Age 87
1943, Jan 7, Tesla Died
Tesla NephewsFBI Agent in Charge in Tesla’s case – P.E. Foxworth
1943 – 46 yr
Tesla Age 87
1943, Jan 7, Tesla’s Funeral
Funeral Service cathedral of St John the Divine
1943 – 46 yr
Tesla Age 87
Otto Skorzeny stated that he killed Tesla on Jan 6th
1943 – 46 yr
Skorzeny Age 35
George Scherf(f) was Tesla’s Last Assistant
On January 4, 1943, Tesla’s faithful assistant, George Scherff, visited Tesla for the last time.
George Herbert Wallace Bush (1924-)41st President of USA
1943 – 46 yr
Bush Age 19
George Scherf(f) aka
Tesla Room Today
1943 January 10th – US Office of Alien Property seize all of Tesla Belongings
1943 -Supreme Court granted full Rights to Tesla for the Invention of Radio,
nullifying the Claims of Guilermo Marconi
June 21, 1943 - the Supreme Court granted full rights to Tesla for the invention of radio, nullifying the claims of Marchese Guilermo Marconi who had patented a two-tuned-circuit design and a more practical four-tuned-circuit modeled after Tesla's. Marconi's patent on the invention of radio was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court because Tesla's work predated it (Case #369, 6/21/43). Marconi did succeed in beating Tesla as the first person to send a wireless telegraph across the Atlantic, which prompted Tesla to remark, "Let him continue. He is using 17 of my patents." In addition, Tesla's 1903 patents 723,188 and 725,605 contain the basic principles of the logical AND circuit element basic to all computers.
1945 – Project “Nick”• Copies of Tesla's papers on particle
beam weaponry were sent to
Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. An operation code-
named "Project Nick" was heavily funded and placed under the command of Brigadier General L. C. Craigie to test the feasibility of Tesla's concept. Details of the experiments were never published, and the project was apparently discontinued. But something peculiar happened. The copies of Tesla's papers disappeared, and no one knows what happened to them.
1945 – 2 yr
1947 – Henry Ford Died
1947 – 4 yr
1960 - Tesla Unit for Flux (or Magnetic Inductivity)
1960 – 17 yr
1990 - H.A.A.R.P.High Active Auroral Research Project
Gaskona Alaska
1990 – 47 yr
1991. Dr Eastlund HAARP Patent
1991 – 48 yr
TeslaGenius who Died in Misery
The Prestige
Petar KocovicJuly 10, 2013
Gradjevinski fakultet, Beograd