Harnessing the Wheelwork of Nature:
Tesla's Science of Energy340 pages
Publishing Date: October, 2002
BOOK SYNOPSIS (Table of Contents are below)
Harnessing the Wheelwork of Nature is a new book by Thomas Valone, who edited this book in time for the Wardenclyffe Tower Centennial (1903-2003)*. This book presents for the first time, the feasibility argument for Tesla's most ambitious dream, the wireless transmission of power. Pictured on the book's cover near his feet, the 187-foot Wardenclyffe Tower was Tesla's means to deliver natural 8 Hz electricity anywhere in the world, by longitudinal waves.
Unknown to most electrical engineers, Nikola Tesla's dream answers the energy crisis worldwide, saves electrical conversion losses, and provides a real alternative to transmission lines. In Dr. Corum's contributed papers, he explains Tesla's magnifying transmitter, which Tesla compared to a telescope. Corum points out that "the tuned circuit of his magnifying transmitter was the whole earth-ionosphere cavity resonator." This fact helps explain why Tesla stated, "When there is no receiver there is no energy consumption anywhere. When the receiver is put on, it draws power. That is the exact opposite of the Hertz-wave system...radiating all the time whether the energy is received or not." Thus, with Tesla's futuristic transmission of power, source dissipation will only be experienced when a load is engaged in a tuned receiver somewhere on the earth. This fact alone represents a major leap forward in electrical transmission efficiency, even one hundred years later.
Dr. Rauscher indicates in her paper that the earth's magnetosphere is the source of electrical energy, as Tesla emphasized. She points out that the relatively small longitudinal impulses that the Tesla Tower supplies triggers the earth-ionosphere oscillations to take place so the receivers can tap the earth's atmospheric electrical energy. Tesla estimated the available energy of the earth-ionosphere cavity at 7.5 gigawatts whereas Dr. Rauscher today shows that it is closer to 3 terawatts (3 billion kW), while the US only consumes about 360 million kW today for electrical needs (at 27% of the world usage). Therefore, the earth has almost three times the capacity available for electrical consumption than the entire world presently utilizes everyday.
Why wasn't the prototype of Wardenclyffe finished in 1903? Tesla offered this visionary conclusion: "The world was not prepared for it. It was too far ahead of time. But the same laws will prevail in the end and make it a triumphal success... Let the future tell the truth and evaluate each one according to their work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine."
Up until now, there has been a general malaise regarding the lack of scientific comprehension of Tesla's greatest dream. For example, the Serb National Federation notes, "With the exception of the first biography of Tesla by John J. O'Neill, science editor of the New York Herald Tribune, and published in 1944, unfortunately no biographer since has had the necessary scientific/engineering academic credentials to discuss Tesla's work in the various fields." Contributors to Harnessing the Wheelwork of Nature are primarily physicists and engineers who are experts in Tesla technology. Their wealth of knowledge demonstrates their mastery of this extraordinarily progressive and technical subject. Finally, the best academic credentials have been brought to bear on the world's greatest electrical futurist.
This is a very readable and profusely illustrated reference volume on wireless transmission of power, besides being an excellent biographical gold mine of Tesla history. Nick Cook, editor of Jane's Defence Weekly and author of The Hunt for Zero Point says, "Tesla is one of the great overlooked geniuses of science and electricity. His full story deserves to be told. Tom Valone sheds important new light on his life and work."
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*The Wardenclyffe Centennial (1903-2003)is being celebrated in conjunction with the Tesla Wardenclyffe Project, Inc.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1. Introduction: "Tesla’s Science of Energy" by Thomas Valone, page 8
SECTION I History of Tesla’s Early Electrical Life
2. Reflections of Tesla by His Descendant by William Terbo, page 27
3. Nikola Tesla - Electricity's Hidden Genius by Keith Tutt, page 39
4. Tesla's History at Niagara Falls by Tom Valone, page 51
5. Niagara Falls Centennial of the Birth of AC Electricity, page 79
SECTION II Principles of Wireless Power Transmission
6. Effects of Tesla's Life and Electrical Inventions by Dr. Andrija Puharich, page 89
7. Prospects of Worldwide Wireless Power by Dr. Kurt Van Voorhies, page 147
8. On the Transmission of Electricity Without Wires by Nikola Tesla, page 161
9. True Meaning of the Wireless Transmission of Power by Toby Grotz, page 165
10. Tesla's Self-Sustaining Electrical Generator by Oliver Nichelson, page 179
11. Self-Sustained Longitudinal Waves by Dr. Robert Bass, page 187
12. Tesla and the Magnifying Transmitter by Dr. J. Corum & Ken Corum, page 193
13. Tesla's ELF Oscillator for Wireless Transmission by J. & K. Corum, page 219
14. Harnessing the Earth-Ionosphere Resonant Cavity" by Dr. E. Rauscher & W. Bise, page 233
SECTION III Miscellaneous Articles and Tesla Reference Material
15. The Homopolar Generator: Tesla's Contribution by Thomas Valone, page 271
16. Tesla's Ionizer and Ozonator: Implications for Indoor Air Pollution by T. Valone, page 289
17. FBI Documents on Tesla, page 295
18. Selected Tesla Patents, page 301
19. Bibliography, page 319
20. Glossary of Tesla Technology Terms, page 323
21. Index, page 327
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