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Tesla's quotes, please add

""I'm happy that I have the chance to express my gratitude that I was and will always remain a Serb and nothing else. If there is any glory and duty to humanity that can be ascribed to my name, that honour belongs to the Serb people, from whose surroundings I came from... " Nikola Tesla, February 3rd 1892. From a Lecture in London, at The Faraday Institute —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.93.167.142 (talk) 11:41, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]


Sexuality?

Is it safe to say that Tesla was an asexual due to his lack of interest in the subject, or the fact that he had no significant partners. Should it be mentioned in the article? Or should he be added to Category:Asexual people? I'm doing research on asexuality and so far he is one of the few famous people that fit the discription. (Tigerghost (talk) 12:25, 14 April 2009 (UTC))[reply]

If it is just your conclusion that he was "asexual" then it is original research and probably should not be included in the article, nor should he be put in the category merely on the inference of any Wikipedia editor. Perhaps he was just very careful not to be public in his "sexuality," whether it was with women, men, he was a gay jew or even a pigeon:"Yes, I loved that pigeon, I loved her as a man loves a woman, and she loved me.-Tesla". If his biographers or other reliable sources classify him as "asexual," then it could be included, preferably with inline citations to the page of the reliable source. Edison (talk) 20:27, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tesla had "interesting" friends " George Sylvester Vierick, Tesla Politics were?

Tesla best friend in his later years was the "poet" and Nazi spy! Geroge Sylvester Vireick, Did Tesla have any political views? Not mentioned in article. Thanks!Andreisme (talk) 21:22, 16 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nazism was well before Tesla's time, he probably just enjoyed the company of someone with news from the continent. Tesla did not have very strong political views and would have sold his inventions to whomever wanted to purchase them. He was only interested in funding and did not care where it came from or what it was used for because eventually whatever war was fought would end and his inventions would still be there. And since when was Viereck a spy? Zalgo 05:45, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Religious Stance

I noticed that under religious stance Tesla is listed as Serbian Orthodox, but in Prodigal Genius he is repeatedly stated to be an open atheist. I assume it's considered a reliable source since it is used in reference to his pigion obsession, so isn't it reasonable to also use it to identify his personal beliefs (or lack thereof).AlexanderCahan (talk) 15:59, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

People who say Tesla was Serbian Orthodox usually point to his father's deep involvement with that church. In all the Tesla biographies I've seen, no author suggests that Tesla was an atheist. Many suggest that his spiritual beliefs became more philosophical than faith-based, that he adopted a Goethean point of view about the cosmos. Binksternet (talk) 17:03, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Nikola Tesla was burried in religious ceremony. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.23.199.4 (talk • contribs)

The religious ceremony someone is buried with (or without) really doesn't say much about what they believed, per se. The person is already dead and therefore not participating in any way and it is out of their control (they're dead, after all!) and in the hands of family or possibly simply people in the location where they died. To put it more directly, plenty of atheists and agnostics have had religious funerals conducted in their name by family and far more people, probably, have had a religious funeral that implies beliefs differing from those they actually held; funerals are not a good indicator of the religious beliefs (if any) of the dead person. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.195.192.175 (talk) 12:41, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Heard Tesla "GAVE" away his A.C. Patents to save George Westinghouse,True?

Heard Tesla "gave" or "tore up" in some magazines His A.C. patents to save his frind George Westinghouse? Is this true will check article again. But ow does one without lawyers GIVE UP ROYALTIES?!!!P>S. see N.Y. Times article rcenetly May 5 2009 Re: the Tesla Lab Building Shreham, Long Island to be saved? Thanks! THE EDSON< THEEDSON1 (talk) 20:47, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Westinghouse had a fine group of skilled lawyers, and all Tesla had to do to give away $12 million or so in royalties was sign the paper Westinghouse put in front of him. This saved Westinghouse from financial failure and made it possible for him to get Tesla's motors in general use. Tesla wanted people to benefit from his inventions, and he did not want the inventions of others to be the basis of the electric industry, since others had different AC electric motors (not as good as Tesla's at the time). Edison (talk) 21:48, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Known for"

The infobox currently claims he's "known for": Tesla coil, Tesla turbine, Teleforce, Tesla's oscillator, Tesla electric car, Tesla principle, Tesla's Egg of Columbus, Alternating current, Induction motor, Rotating magnetic field, Wireless technology, Particle beam weapon, Death ray, Terrestrial stationary waves, Bifilar coil, Telegeodynamics, Electrogravitics

I think this list is a little overly enthusiastic. Is he really known for this stuff by people who are not passionate Tesla fanatics? I would prune it to Tesla coil and Alternating Current. Can we prune it down? Tempshill (talk) 04:02, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, the "Tesla Car" is not something he did, so it would not seem to be "something he is known for." Some of the "known for" items sound like pseudoscience. The infobox should be things he is reliably sourced to. Edison (talk) 05:20, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Its called theory not pseudoscience. He had enough proof to confirm hypotheses. Oh wait.... EDISON, you bastard :/ Zalgo 05:48, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

Heard TESLA BLUE PORTRAIT found?

Heard that the Tesla picture the famed Blue Potrait has been found in North Germany? Is this so? Thanks!THEEDSON1 (talk) 02:05, 27 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tesla Communicating with Aliens.

At the beginning of his Radio Communications experiments. Tesla is said to have picked up unknown radio communications that he thought came from Space. The Article in Wikipedia doubted if he was receiving any signals at all. Marconi and other pioneers of Radio also picked up Radio signals which like Tesla they insisted were intelligent communications not normal static etc. There is nothing to support Teslas claim that the communications were of Alien origin. But if both he and Marconi and others at the beginning of Radio communication are receiving intelligent sounding signal messages we may conclude that radio was already being used, secretly it seems, by (most likely) humans for business or military reasons long before being revealed to the public. This has spectacular implications for our present understanding of late 19th history.Johnwrd (talk) 23:05, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What are you proposing the article say about it? What reliable sources do you have? This is all conjecture. Binksternet (talk) 15:27, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The signals Tesla and other scientists were picking up were cosmic rays later discovered to be emitted by stars and other bodies in outer space. This is explained in Cheney's biography and undoubtedly in many other sources. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.226.244.214 (talk) 01:01, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Has there ever been a US Tesla Postage Stamp?

Has there ever been a US Postage stamp to commorate Tesla?Thanks!THEEDSON1 (talk) 01:42, 7 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

THE SUPPOSSED "TESLA" CAR NOT MODERN DID IT EXSIT?

THERES WAS ACAR RUN ON "EARTH ENERGY" SUPPOSSELY A PIERCE ARROW IN BUFFLO N.Y. DID IT EVER EXSIST? THERE WERE NEWS STORIES OF THE TIME ABOUT THIS? THANKS!THEEDSON1 (talk) 22:23, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

SpinningSpark 22:52, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wondering if Tesla had what today is named OCD?

Didnt see in article.Tesla was certaianly compulsive in his manners. A sign of Obssive Comulsive Behavior?Thanks! SWORDINHAND (talk) 16:05, 15 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The claim has been made Tesla had an earthquake making device!

In Teslas lab 1890s NYC he Tesla suppossely attyached a Harminic Gnerator to a iron couilmn in center of his Laboratory.The device vibtaed the column then building! Then the entire neighbohood ! No mention of this in article.PMThur.06180921stcentdecdedDatedThanks!SWORDINHAND (talk) 20:14, 18 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protect

Nikola Tesla is apparently starred at Google logo for today. Article should prob. be semi-protected from IP editing for one day, as massive nationalism-induced vandalism is already starting to occur. --Ivan Štambuk (talk) 22:27, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

kind of the people like you right 66.245.102.130 (talk) 06:40, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Stay polite. SpinningSpark 21:35, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Google Mention

As an addition to honours on July 10th 2009 Google commemorated Tesla's birthday.

The standard Google image was replaced with that of a Tesla Coil with arcs of electricity forming the two O's.

http://www.google.com/logos/tesla09.gif

Link is to the image. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Devout Catalyst (talk • contribs) 08:52, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

and page is getting 76K hits an hour as a result.©Geni 11:55, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The featuring by Google is an important event in this history of this article; the image should be archived/displayed right here for posterity, if the rules permit. Where and how does one find how many hits the article is getting? I would think it would be more now than 76K an hour. -96.233.30.237 (talk) 12:21, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Google image is most likely not free. :( Binksternet (talk) 15:43, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Surely we could link to it though?? Matty2002 (talk) 21:50, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
According to http://www.google.com/permissions/index.html we can use an unmodified screenshot of the home page. Matty2002 (talk) 22:01, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn't there be a category for people or things celebrated by Google?Cyruskety (talk) 16:46, 10 July 2009 (UTC) 16:45, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why has Galileo Ferraris never been mentioned?

Considering that most of the books dealing with AC motors and rotating magnetic field refers to both Tesla and Ferraris as the main personalities involved in the development of the polyphase technology, it seems quite strange that the author has completely neglected the fundamental contributions given by the italian scientist. The speech: "In the same year, Tesla conceived the induction motor..." is not a rigorous description of the steps leading to the paternity of the idea. Did Tesla gain wide acceptance of his "conceived" discovery by the scientific/academic comunity in 1882 ? Despite Galileo Ferraris deliberately refused to patent his inventions he publicly demonstrated the working principle of the rotating magnetic field in the summer of 1885, three years before Tesla's AC motor patents; models of the AC motors used during the experiments performed in 1885 by Ferraris can be seen at IEN institute (Turin-Italy). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.100.9.229 (talk) 09:01, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You can easily update Galileo Ferraris' page with this information on his contributions to the development of polyphase systems. Please remember to source the material you do provide. --Xero (talk) 11:19, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Galileo Ferraris did his work independently of Tesla. BUT Tesla was the 1st to have developed it. Ferraris didn't deliberately refused to patent it, there was prior art of Tesla. This comes up again and again with Tesla. J. D. Redding 20:10, 18 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The only prior art was that one of Galileo Ferraris. Ferraris pubblicly demonstrated first working AC motor in 1885, 3 years before Tesla patents but refused to patent it not because of Tesla's prior art ( what???) but because he thought that science and technology should be available for free to all the humankind.He was forced by his collaborator to publish its discovery in the magazine "Nuovo Cimento" in 1888. Ferraris was hailed as the father of poliphase technology in the Chicago congress on electricity in 1893. Tesla then took historically the priority on the discovery of AC motor just because was in the right place, in the right moment and surrounded by the right peolple without forgetting the massive efforts he produced to create a legend of himself, matter to which Ferraris was completely indifferent.--Magnagr (talk) 14:08, 20 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"The Invention of Everything Else"

This is a novel written by Samanta Hunt[1] , the novel is partly about Teslas last months. I cannot see it mentioned in this article. Yes it is fiction, but very much of the information about Tesla is fact and the novel should therefore be mentioned. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.97.194.69 (talk) 16:18, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There should be recognation of Tesla.A seperate article on Teslas early life?

There should be more recognation of Nikola Tesla.And perhaps another article on just the modern aspects of his inventions(such as the Particle Beam weapon that formed the basis for "Star Wars" research in the 19802 See "Tesla:Man Out of Time" Margaret Cheney.Thanks! Great article here !Decideddaydtaed July10,200921stCent.Dr.Edson Andre'Johnson D.D.ULCSWORDINHAND (talk) 19:03, 10 July 2009 (UTC)NO MENTION EITHER OF TESLA DAY JUL 10TH NIKOLA TESLAS BIRTHDAY IN SERBIA AND CROATIA ANDHERE IN U.S. AS GLOBAL ENERGY INDEPENDENCE DAY DECIDED/DATED A.M. JULY11,2009 21STCENT.DR.EDSON ANDRE' JOHNSON D.D.ULC. ````[reply]

UFOs?

Don't think UFOs or conspiracy theories are worthy of mention in the lead. It's also original research as far as I can tell. 71.56.124.57 (talk) 23:56, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why are we not allowed to put "Serbian-American inventor" or "American inventor?"

I don't understand. Both are easily verified. Horvat Den (talk) 10:24, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There is a page devoted to discussing the ethnicity issue. SpinningSpark 11:06, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
"American" is not an ethnicity. In other words, there is no debate about that. Bulldog123 18:29, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
"American" is a person who considers himself/herself to be ethnically American (see American ethnicity). J. D. Redding 15:58, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

American people are not aliens for sure. Unless of course, the things we think are aliens think we are the aliens. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.3.136.249 (talk) 16:12, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See also

These need to be listed at the bottome in the see also ...

General
Electrical Experimenter, Tesla motor
People
Robert Underwood Johnson, John Hays Hammond, Jr., George Westinghouse, Stanford White, Hugo Gernsback, Michael Pupin, J. P. Morgan, Edwin Armstrong, Elihu Thomson
Other
Edward Dean Adams Station, polyphase system, Hertz, U.S. Navy

From:

  • Seifer, M. J. (1998). Wizard: The life and times of Nikola Tesla : biography of a genius. New York: Citadel Press/Kensington Publishing.

J. D. Redding 15:51, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Great source material ! owevr maybe mention George Sylvester Vireick too? Teslas best freind in Teslas later years? Mr. Vierick was i nternesd as a German agent too! Thanks! ```` - unsigned comment by User:PINEAPPLEMAN 00:42, 18 July 2009

George Sylvester Viereck would be a good addition. J. D. Redding 20:14, 18 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No mention of Teslas interest in poetry

Perhaps, a mention in article should be made of Nikola Tesla deep intrest in poetry?Thanks!PINEAPPLEMAN (talk) 22:47, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Descendant of Tesla?

Seems like nonsense. No reliable source has him married to, or interested in, or having sex with a woman. His only reported "true love" was a pigeon. How could he therefore have a descendant, one Danijela Tesla, his supposed 18 year old great-great grandchild, per this reverted edit [[1]? If she is the great grandchild of Tesla's first cousin, she would be his first cousin four times removed, and not at all a descendant.Edison (talk) 00:30, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That whole article seems like an attempt to misuse Tesla's name to promote Serbian nationalism by twisting quotes and historical facts. Just looking at the main page of the hosting website you realize that you're dealing with a classical example of Serbian nationalist mythomania. Kosovo myth, denial of Srebrenica genocide...the only thing that is missing is a picture of vojvoda Šeki. --Ivan Štambuk (talk) 03:01, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
And on our huge surprice - you are a Croat? Please, leave political differences behind. This artical is about science.--79.101.13.223 (talk) 12:11, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Please focus on the edits rather than the editors. El_C 12:28, 3 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Even if the young lady were claimed to be a "relative of" rather than a "descendant of" Tesla, the relevance of her unfortunate experiences to the article seems scant and not appropriate to mention in an encyclopedia. Edison (talk) 01:54, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
She could very easily be a cousin and it is never said anywhere that Tesla was ABSOLUTELY asexual, only that he claimed so in public. Jenga3 (talk) 21:29, 6 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No, unfortunately there are no decendants of Nikola Tesla. Only few Teslas came alive from Croatia in WWII and in 1995. anyways. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.232.67.57 (talk) 18:51, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Such as so many others eugenists, Tesla hasn't any descendents at all.Agre22 (talk) 22:47, 14 January 2010 (UTC)agre22[reply]

Theoretical Inventions

I think this part of the article requires major improvement, especially note number 92 wich leads to a non-scientific text with no serious sources: we are in pure speculation. As far as I know, the only thing known for sure about Tesla's Flying Machine is the "Force Field Generator", wich has nothing to do with ion-propelled aircraft or antigravity and wich has been proven non-working numerous times. I really think note number 92 and every parts of the article related to it should be deleted because of the lack of verified sources. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.83.53.152 (talk) 20:05, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tesla radio inventions.Supreme court upholding Teslas Radio patents

Know a few months after Teslas death The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Teslas Radio patents over those of Marconi. No mention in article.Thanks!JANUSROMA (talk) 20:34, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No Mention of Tesla radio Patents being upheld by Supreme Court

Know Dr. Teslas Radio patents were upheld over thoses of Marconi.Several months after Tesla death in 1943.No mention of this is artucle! Thanks!JANUSROMA (talk) 20:36, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A mention of his Colorado Springs ,Co, Laboratory

Perhaps a mention migh be made in article of Teslas Colorado Springs,Co, research lab. Where he may have demonstated wirelesss eletrical transmission in the late 1890s? Thanks!VICTORIANUS (talk) 22:02, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

A question Re:Tesla and Edsion

Heard that the real problem besides the A.C. current Vs. Edisons D.C. current "war of the Currents" Was that Edsion refused Tesla a promised $50,000 Bonus for tesla improving Edsions dynamos with the quip "You dont undertstand American humor very well Mr. tesla"? Wondering if this has even been vrified? ThanksEv.PMaug13200921stcent Dated EAJ"X"EDSONNTESLATSWIFTSR (talk) 05:37, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Claim has it that Tesla invemnted flouescnet lights before the French?

Have seen wireless lit gas lights (Mark Twain? Samuel Clemens having hjis picture taken with one!)Neon like gases being excited by wireless eletyricmagnetic waves from a tesla Coil. yet, the french are given credit fot he first neon lights in1910.Perhaps a mention of Tesla Gas lights,even teslas work with X rays that grew from this? Thanks!IMPVictorianus (talk) 03:43, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Please read the message on your talk page. SpinningSpark 08:58, 16 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Beleive theres a Tesla medal or Award?

heard of a Tesla medal or an award Named after Tesla Cant find data Perhaps this coulkd be added to article? MnPnSoCalKid (talk) 23:57, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No evidence that Tesla identified or applied the magnetic rotating field before 1888

Historical proves that Tesla "identified" (weird verb, usually exploited by someone who want to prove something without evidence. Usually inventors just publish, create, patent...)are non existent. The fact is that Tesla spent most of its energies by trying to create a mith of himself through letters or memorials. He was simply obsessed not to be recognised as the first one having invented or applied or thought something......Tesla was aware that Ferraris had created induction motors in 1885,three years before him (1885 Ferraris's models still exist where are those created before 1888 by Tesla?), and just put about the history of the idea conceived in 1882. No priority on a discovery can be given to Tesla or to anyone else just refering to memorials based merely on owns testimonies without any rigorous evidence.--193.136.94.197 (talk) 21:58, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Inventions in info box

The inventions in the infobox are miss-leading or just dead wrong. I removed Radio astronomy from the infobox "Inventions". There is no reliable source that states this, although many "Tesla" sources try to make this claim.

Wireless technology is also iffy since it only has one unreferenced Tesla claim in that article.

"Inventions" is going to have to be better defined or better referenced. 70.208.152.96 (talk) 18:27, 15 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, the infobox is just packed with BS such as Space data transmission systems linked to the highly dubious Teslascope. Rather than try to fish out what was add/changed I am simply reverting it to the 12:18, 15 August 2009 version before all the BS edits were added. Its called start over and try again. 70.208.152.96 (talk) 01:41, 16 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Anachronism in the article

Quote:"In 1898, a radio-controlled boat was demonstrated to the public during an electrical exhibition at Madison Square Garden. These devices had an innovative coherer and a series of electronic logic gates. Tesla called his boat a "teleautomaton" and said of it, "You see there the first of a race of robots, mechanical men which will do the laborious work of the human race"."

How could Tesla use the word "Robot" if referring to this article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot#Etymology the word wasn't even invented until 1920 ?

upd. “Telautomats will be ultimately produced, capable of acting as if possessed of their own intelligence, and their advent will create a revolution”. -Tesla, Nicola, in his book My Inventions, published in 1921

The quote is from writings of John J. O'Neill in his 1944 book Prodigal Genius: The Life of Nikola Tesla[2]. It is either a piece of late in life bombast by Tesla the showman quoted by O'Neill with the anachronism thrown in by Tesla, or just sloppy or even fictional writing by O'Neill. Fountains of Bryn Mawr (talk) 15:55, 17 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

100 km north of Šibenik

I removed this conjecture from the article:

It is curious that Nikola Tesla, a pioneer of AC systems, was born approximately 100 km north of Šibenik where the first power plant in Croatia was constructed. It may be a coincidence that in May 1892, Tesla held a lecture on alternating systems in the City Hall of Zagreb (the capital of Croatia) at the time of the beginning of the preparations to construct the Jaruga I hydroelectric power plant.

It was supported by this reference: http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/conferences/che2007/prog_comm.html

I don't see the need for this kind of synthesis performed by anybody, wiki editor or Tesla expert. There are enough interesting facts about Tesla that we don't have to search around for bits and pieces to flesh out the article. Instead, we have so much information about him that we could do with a little trimming. This inessential coincidence and conjecture is something I think should not be present. Binksternet (talk) 23:19, 25 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good call, besides the obvious plagiarism, it is clearly just musing by the speaker. It would hardly have been notable even if Tesla had deliberately chosen the date of his lecture to coincide, and there is no evidence that he did. SpinningSpark 01:07, 26 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Once again, this bit is being edit-warred back into the article. I am removing it again for the stated reasons. Binksternet (talk) 22:00, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hes real name was Nicolae Tesla and he wasn't born in Croatia, but in Romania. Just like all other eminent romanian scientists, Tesla got a wrong indentity (example: Henry Coanda, inventer of Coanda Effect and Jet airplains in 1910). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.114.94.30 (talk) 15:08, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nauwabanism?

"Even in Tesla's time, some believed that he was actually an angelic being from Venus sent to Earth to reveal scientific knowledge to humanity. This belief is maintained in present times by followers of Nuwaubianism."

It is?--Thesniperremix (talk) 01:13, 6 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Did tesla ever express any particular political ideas?

Article did not mention Did Nikola tesla ever express any political ideas? —Preceding unsigned comment added by NOVABAKUNINMOI (talk • contribs) 04:13, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Tesla's political views had a name: eugenics. Agre22 (talk) 22:53, 14 January 2010 (UTC)agre22[reply]

Serbian Cyrillic

Please add next to his name Serbian Cyrillic : Никола Тесла —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.87.223.224 (talk) 21:36, 30 October 2009 (UTC) Why? Serbian wasn't always and indeed, isn't always written in the Cyrillic script, in fact those that do so are often making a political statement regarding their preferred alliance (with Russia rather than other neighbouring powers) more than anything. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.195.192.175 (talk) 13:27, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

political statement or not he was an ethnic serb his father was a serbian orthodox priest and he would have read cyrillic if his father had shown him a bible (do you get my point?)

on top of that why is the place of birth include "croatian military frontier" as "THE" military frontier (as it should be known) stretched from croatia to banat —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.182.117.110 (talk) 12:46, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

also before all the serbs in croatia were ethnically cleansed, serbs made up a majority in the area... dont think to call or even imply that he was a croat —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.182.117.110 (talk) 12:54, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No official or formal recognized education degree?

So, after reading many biographies, and also in this wiki article, what is very interesting, and maby should be more exposed as info on Tesla, is that he, at least officially, never finished any of those two colleges he studied in Prague and Graz, but always left before the end of course. Most important inventions he discovered only as technitian - it says in article he was "assistant engineer", but in english speaking world - isn't that just applied sub-graduate, and non-college degree? When all his works became so famous, only after that, various educational institutions and organisations rushed to award him with PhDs and other degrees. Until then, he was basically just working as some technitian or something like that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.142.171.54 (talk) 12:05, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I explain lot of Tesla's works on my web pages. It has lot of technical information for recreate his work. But I don't know how to add link to protected page. If some admin think that it will be good to connect my page to Wikipedia, please help. I see lot of useful links, but I see lot of misunderstandings too.

If the material can be reliably sourced, there is no reason it cannot be added directly to the article. If it cannot be sourced, it should be neither added nor linked. Either way, there is no justification to add a link. SpinningSpark 00:22, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Awkard

What's up with this line? " Immediately after the fire, Linde, in Germany, filed 'his' patent application for the exact same process, which recombined some of the heat energy produced in compression of the air, to drive the process, just as Tesla had done.[51]"

I don't know the validity of the insinuation but I think this could be phrased just a bit better. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Milsorgen (talk • contribs) 06:38, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Add Serbian Cyrillic : Никола Тесла

Why there isn`t his name in Serbian Cyrillic next to his Name in Latin alphabet? Serbian is written both in Cyrillic and Latin. The previous reason

Serbian wasn't always and indeed, isn't always written in the Cyrillic script, in fact those that do so are often making a political statement regarding their preferred alliance (with Russia rather than other neighbouring powers) more than anything.

— 90.195.192.175 (talk), (10 November 2009 )

is very stupid and it is not a good and true argument. Serbian is more often written in Cyrillic and that is not because of modern politics, but because Cyrillic is made in Balkans...and Serbian Cyrillic is older than Russian. So, please, resolve this. --93.87.133.45 (talk) 12:49, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why don't you add to Nikola Tesla Serbian Cyrillic? If in Wikipedia all the articles connected with Serbs / Serbia has that, why not this one???? If we respect and have in some Serbian articles f.e. Subotica, then Serbian Cyrillic... then Croatian : Subotica... I mean, it is written the same as in Serbian Latin, but we do have it added in wikipedia, why not this???? Please! Respect your own rules here! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.93.167.142 (talk) 11:40, 10 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I second the motion FC Toronto (talk) 00:40, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism?

|religion = Serbian Orthodox[2]

that code was removed in an edit war. FC Toronto (talk) 00:40, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

In fact, Tesla had just a religion: eugenics. Such as Francis Galton, he died without no descendents.Agre22 (talk) 22:51, 14 January 2010 (UTC)agre22[reply]

Typo/nonstandard English: empounded

In the "Death" section, the word 'empounded' should be 'impounded', (or perhaps 'seized')

I can't find any credible references to 'empounded' as a form of 'impounded'.

I don't have any comment on what actually happened to Tesla's documents, this is a grammar note only.

Chriswatts (talk) 06:25, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No evidence that Tesla identified rotating magnetic field in 1882

Please remove the statement: "In the same year, Tesla conceived the induction motor and began developing various devices that use rotating magnetic fields.....". There is no evidence that he conceived anything before 1888. Tesla invented the myth of his 1882 "conceived" discovery in his 1915 memoirs. Galileo Ferraris was the true inventor of AC motors!!!!!!--151.50.0.168 (talk) 16:49, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tesla didn't invent the radio

Please remove the statement: "1943, the Supreme Court of the United States credited him as being the inventor of the radio...." The sentence doesn't credit Tesla of having invented the radio and the same sentence was not intended to decide who the real inventor of the radio was....Radio has many fathers but there is no single person who invented it. Marconi was the first scientist to make it works!!!--151.50.0.168 (talk) 17:02, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Among Technophiles, Tesla In and Edison Out

This site: [Fox News ] shows that among technophiles, Tesla in and Edison out.Agre22 (talk) 22:49, 14 January 2010 (UTC)agre22[reply]

  1. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_invention_of_everything_else
  2. ^ Burgan, Michael (2009). Nikola Tesla: Physicist, Inventor, Electrical Engineer (Signature Lives). Signature Lives. pp. [ http://books.google.com/books?id=PW06qF-dj2IC&pg=PA29 29]. ISBN 0-7565-4086-0.
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