AtD-related: Nikola Tesla in WWI

[Kai Frederik Lorentzen]

"Tesla worked for Telefunken in WWI. Tesla never worked for the Nazis. 
He was good friends with George Sylvester Viereck, who promoted Hitler 
in the US -- and was sentenced because of this engagement to 4 years 
imprisoment in the U.S., though."

http://www.allabouttesla.com/page/3/

So there is a difference between Tesla and Wernher von Braun.

They mirror each other in GR/AtD, nevertheless.


On 01.03.2012 19:10, Kai Frederik Lorentzen wrote:

>
> Fascinating catch! Having just read the German 'Wikipedia' article on 
> Nikola Tesla in a different context, I came across the words you find 
> below. Basically they say that Tesla tried to find people to give him 
> money in Germany in 1913 when WWI was by most already recognized as 
> unavoidable. Tesla published articles in German about "automatic 
> air-torpedos" and other new weapons which could be useful in war. The 
> article goes on saying that Tesla, in need of money, helped the German 
> Kaiserreich to keep up its radio station in Sayville, starting his job 
> in 1914, which was necessary since the British Navy had cut off all 
> hostile transmarine cables after Germany had declared war to Russia on 
> 8/1/14. A couple of questions:
>
> * Is this true? :-)
>
> * The English 'Wikipedia' article seems to be a little euphemistic 
> regarding this point: "/Tesla built the Telefunken 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telefunken> Wireless Station in 
> Sayville, Long Island. Some of what he wanted to achieve at 
> Wardenclyffe was accomplished with the Telefunken Wireless. In 1917, 
> the facility was seized and torn down by the Marines 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps>, because it 
> was suspected that it could be used by German spies./" Which version 
> sounds more plausible to you?
>
> * Where exactly does Tesla's German adventure appear in "Against the 
> Day"? Actually I don't remember. Or is the novel's construction of 
> Tesla's (possible) influence on the Tunguska incident from 1908, 
> perhaps, a hidden hint at Tesla's WWI involvement? Please help me out!
>
> * Were Tesla's "automatic air-torpedos" a prototype of nowadays' 
> digitalized drones?
>
>
> It's probably just me, but somehow I had to think of WvB while writing 
> this mail ...
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> "/Ende 1913 versuchte Tesla, Prototypen seiner Tesla-Turbine an die in 
> Deutschland ansässigen Bergmann Elektrizitätswerke 
> <http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergmann-Borsig> zu verkaufen, 
> scheiterte jedoch an den Transportkosten. Im Spannungsfeld vor dem 
> Ersten Weltkrieg <http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erster_Weltkrieg> 
> versuchte er im gleichen Jahr Geldgeber im Deutschen Kaiserreich 
> <http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsches_Kaiserreich> zu finden, 
> veröffentlichte Zeitschriftenartikel über verschiedene Waffengattungen 
> wie "automatische Lufttorpedos" und ließ dabei Bewunderung für 
> verschiedene deutsche Waffengattungen erkennen. 1914, nach der 
> Kriegserklärung Deutschlands an Russland, wurden alle deutschen 
> Überseekabel durch die britische Marine gekappt -- die verbleibende 
> Nachrichtenverbindung war eine von der amerikanischen Tochterfirma der 
> Telefunken <http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telefunken> betriebenen 
> Funkstation in Sayville 
> <http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sayville&action=edit&redlink=1>. 
> Diese Funkstation hatte allerdings eine zu geringe Sendeleistung, um 
> ohne Relaisschiff im Atlantik 
> <http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordatlantik> Nachrichten nach Europa 
> übertragen zu können. Tesla nahm 1914, auch wegen seiner finanziellen 
> Probleme, den Auftrag zur Verbesserung dieser kriegswichtigen Station 
> an. Dies führte dazu, dass der amerikanische Geheimdienst auf ihn 
> aufmerksam wurde./"
>
> http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla
>
>

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