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A REMARKABLE paper, by Mr. Nikola Tesla, appears in the June number of the Century Magazine. The subject is “The Problem of Increasing Human Energy, with Special Reference to the Harnessing of the Sun's Energy”; and though metaphysical and sociological questions receive a large share of attention, the article contains an account of some very interesting electrical experiments, now described for the first time, illustrated by several very striking photographs, two of which are here reproduced. Mr. Tesla has been engaged for several years in further investigating the properties of alternate currents of high potential and frequency, with which he astonished audiences at the Royal Institution in 1892 (see NATURE, vol. xlv. p. 345). The following abstract of a part of his paper shows that his work has led to results of scientific interest and significance.
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Mr. Nikola Tesla's Recent Electrical Experiments . Nature 62, 116–117 (1900). https://doi.org/10.1038/062116a0
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