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LITTLE notice is apt to be taken of the quiet constructive work or scientific developments that go on among the smaller nations. With this fact before it, the Society for Promoting Anglo-Saxon Culture in Yugoslavia has commenced the publication of an Anglo-Yugoslav Review, a quarterly to be devoted to the furtherance of the use of English among Yugoslavs and also to acquaint the British and American i peoples with the educational, cultural and general -progress of the South Slav nation. Its appearance coincides with the celebrations arranged for the eightieth birthday of Nicholas Tesla (born on July 10, 1856), which were held at the end of May. Tesla is a Yugoslav by birth, although most of his work and electrical discoveries on alternating and high-frequency currents were made at Paris and in America. A 15,000 horse-power plant of Tesla's conception was erected at Niagara in 1891 to supply power to Buffalo, 25 miles away a remarkable feat at the time. Indeed, Tesla's fellow-countrymen claim that his work ranks him on a level with Volt a, Watt and Faraday. Approximately half the review is devoted to the section on science and invention. Other sections deal with political, economic, sociological and miscellaneous matters, and among these is an account of recent archaeological discoveries in Yugoslavia. Among the four British or American contributions is one by Mr. C. H. White, who discusses the cultural consequences when a nation's mineral resources are developed. The review is published in Belgrade, price 10s. per annum.
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Yugoslav Cultural Progress. Nature 138, 109 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138109a0
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