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In 1931, Nikola Tesla, the inventor of the alternating current and the holder of some 1,200 patents installed a mysterious box in the front seat of the Pierce-Arrow touring car:
Link – via Fortean Times |
blindsangamon
While Tesla was indeed a fantastic character, I’d like to BUST this MYTH. This story, which originated from a supposed nephew of Tesla, is undone by the detail with which the author attempts to give his story credibility. Specifically, his mention of use of a 70L7 vacuum tube – which was not invented until 1939 – would have been pretty difficult to do in 1931. Unless Tesla used his time machine to procure them….
Miss Cellania
I can just imagine what a speed of 90 miles an hour would do to this 1931-or-older vehicle.
Jason
Since this *is* Tesla we’re talking about, his possession of a time machine would not surprise me.
ted
Fools. The car WAS the time machine. He attached the tubes to his flux capacitor and away he went…
Kelly
Nikola really never ran out of interesting inventions. The car would be much more appealing if it can travel at a higher pace.
raymond
has anyone since tesla, ever tinkered around with vacuume tubes to try and get some greater power with them ???????????????????? huh
PIxel
http://www.tfcbooks.com/teslafaq/questions.htm#A-016
Five minutes of googling produces this. The nephew who supposedly took the ride and relayed the story later doesn’t exist. Tesla never had a nephew named Peter Savo. The story is a fabrication.
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Mark
