The Magnifying Transmitter
Tesla construction a huge Magnifying Transmitter at Shoreham, Long
Island, a site which he named Wardenclyffe. Following his return to
New York City from Colorado Springs in 1899, Tesla was jubilant and
full of enthusiasm to implement his plan for the commercial
application of Radiant energy. He turned to JP Morgan (An Investor)
for a substantial portion of the funding to finance the huge project at
Wardenclyffe.
Tesla told him that the transmitter could transmit
“intelligence” to the
world, Morgan assumed that he meant ordinary radio
communications, but Tesla was not referring to ordinary radio
transmissions. He was talking about electricity, but avoided revealing
all to Morgan during this early phase of the Wardenclyffe project.
Some considerable time later, Tesla eventually felt compelled to tell
Morgan the larger possibilities offered by the Magnifying Transmitter
when he needed more funding to complete the project. Tesla thought
that Morgan would be overwhelmed by his expanded explanation of
the true capacities of the transmitter and would be anxious tocomplete the work, but Tesla’s assumption had backfired and Morgan
refused to lay out any more money for the transmitter. Sadly, the
enormous benefits that could have been made available to society by
Tesla’s Magnifying Transmitter project, died then and there.
One Man’s Greed
Morgan had already orchestrated circumstances in Tesla’s life in
order to force Tesla to be dependent on him for financial backing.
During an earlier period, when Tesla himself had millions from his
Polyphase AC generator royalty payments and other earnings,
Morgan wanted to woo Tesla with a deal that effectively gave Morgan
majority control over his patent rights and projects, but Tesla turned
him down, telling Morgan that he had enough money of his own to
fund his projects. While returning to his hotel from that very meeting
with Morgan, however, Tesla was told that his laboratory had been
burned to the ground. It represented a tremendous loss to Tesla and
it shook him deeply.
Everyone, of course, felt convinced that Morgan was behind the
arson. In order to save face, Morgan was embarrassed by Tesla into
putting up the money to pay for the rebuilding of a new lab as an act
of “philanthropy”. From that time forward, however, other financial
backers were not to be found. Morgan was powerful enough to black
list Tesla among the Eastern Establishment elites that previously had
hobnobbed and feted with Tesla as if he was one of their own. Black
listing and ostracization by officialdom and financiers lifted somewhat
after Morgan’s death, but generally continued to haunt Tesla for the
rest of his life.
Tesla Success
Despite the loss of Wardenclyffe, Tesla continued to refine his
understanding of Radiant Energy and miniaturize the equipment
needed to produce it. He eventually was able to reduce the
equipment down to the size of a suit case. Such reduction in size
meant a reduction is output as well – therefore the concept of having
free electricity for everyone with his device was not strictly possible.
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