A truly unusual being. He would draw complex machines. Build forms, cast the major parts, machine them, and assemble them and run them. Then he would take them apart and inspect the failures and correct the design. He did this entirely in his imagination. Then he would draw up plans and have the machines made. in the physical world and it would behave exactly as he predicted.
Did you actually talk with him? JOH -----Original Message----- From: Ode Coyote [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 4:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: CS>Tesla I believe the hotel let him stay there for free in one of the less desirable rooms [without maid service?] because his fame drew people to the hotel. I think I read that Tesla became a fixture in the dining room. People would buy his meals just to talk with him? I'd buy him dinner. Tesla could have been wealthy, but he just wasn't interested in money. Ode At 01:22 PM 6/5/2004 -0600, you wrote: >I have always wondered why the historians say Tesla "died in poverty in >a Hotel room". Think about it. Poverty would be living on an exhaust >grate below the hotel, on the street. Many people consider living in a >hotel to be the most luxurious style of all. It was not a flop-house, >but a really nice hotel. > >JOH > >-----Original Message----- >From: Rowena Evans [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 8:32 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: CS>Tesla > > >And the book "Rivals, Conflict as the Fuel of Science by Michael White, >Vintage 2002. Chapter 4: The Battle of the Currents (Nikola Tesla and >Thomas Edison 1884-1893, says: > > 'In 1943, at the age of eighty-seven, Tesla died in poverty in a hotel >room, shared with dozens of pigeons he habitually coaxed in from his >window ledge." > >Rowena >> Tesla died a pauper in a hotel room. I saw a special program night >before last on Tesla's life. >> > > >-- >The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > >Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List >archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > >Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT >Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > >
