letmedance Loc: Walnut, Ca.

letmedance Loc: Walnut, Ca.

Which immigrant invented much of the 20th century?

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

The t***smission lines are irrelevant to Solyndra who designed their panels to be installed on large white roofs of commercial and industrial buildings. As to storage, you are right, until batteries are invented, this will be a problem. Oh wait, someone just informed me that batteries have existed for years. On utility scale, pumping water to a higher elevation and then, later, the water is used to power alternators. An alternative source of electricity need not be the answer to everything in order to be viable. A coal burning power plant releases many times more radioactivity into the environment than a nuclear power plant. Actually, about 100 times more per given unit of energy.

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

Tesla

https://www.energy.gov/articles/top-11-things-you-didnt-know-about-nikola-tesla

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

C*****e c****e may be the greatest threat, even if not to the individual soldier, or not the most imminent.

letmedance Loc: Walnut, Ca.

Tesla did not invent the 20th century.

mwalsh Loc: Houston

Do you happen to have any link quoting him on this.

I searched the quote...found nothing...searched the quote on the Fox News site...found nothing.

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

Nicola Tesla invented radio. He invented fluorescent lights. He invented AC power, along with 3 phase. He's the Leonardo da Vinci of the 19th and 20th century. Without him, the world would be quite different today.
Nikola Tesla Inventions:
Nikola Tesla inventions constitute numerous technological breakthroughs throughout his lifetime. Born in Smiljan, Croatia, in 1856, the math and physics genius contributed innovations that continue to impact our lives daily today. He held over three hundred patents, but was only recognized for some, indicating many of his ideas were tested and failed or never became well known.

In 1882, upon graduation from the Technical University of Graz and Philosophy at the University of Prague, he drew the first sketches of his idea to build an electromagnetic motor. His first job entailed retailing DC power plants for ConEd which led to his immigration to the states in 1884.

Tesla’s inventions included:
AC Power (alternating current)
Tesla Coil
Magnifying T***smitter
Tesla Turbine
Shadowgraph
Radio
Neon Lamp
Hydroelectric Power
Induction Motor
Radio Controlled Boat


Nikola Tesla’s Best-Known Invention — the Alternating Current
When Tesla came to the United States, he worked for Thomas Edison in Manhattan and was promised $50,000 if he could make Edison’s direct current method successful. As it turned out, Edison’s DC current was not as effective as Tesla’s own alternating current method in t***smitting electricity over long distances. When Edison reneged on his offer to pay Tesla to solve his DC power design flaws, Tesla quit and moved on to his next endeavor.

He applied for many patents for his AC power discoveries which were later sold to Westinghouse. AC power has been widely used since its discovery and still has some applications in radio and television t***smission.

The Tesla Coil
Perhaps the most familiar symbol of Tesla’s work is the Tesla coil, embodied in the tower that was erected at what is now the last remaining laboratory located in Shoreham, New York, the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe. Here, Tesla created a tower topped by his infamous coils which shot electric sparks through the air and circulated the electricity around the coils by alternating current.

Magnifying T***smitter
Building upon the revelations of the Tesla coil, Tesla sought to offer wireless power for free to all by t***smitting information from one tower to another using resonance. The currents were sent from one circuit to the other, building in frequency until lightning sparked from one tower to the other. By connecting a wire to the tower and running it around his lab, he powered his laboratory wirelessly. He demonstrated the effect on stage to audiences using light bulbs that were not connected to any power source. The magnifying t***smitter succeeded in t***smitting an electrical current a kilometer away.

Tesla Turbine
Tesla developed a piston engine to power automobiles using combustion to rotate disks. At the time, commonly used turbines were less efficient and relied on blades. Tesla’s invention merged many disks to create a centrifugal pump. By moving fluid in the path of least resistance, his turbine was more fuel-efficient. His turbine is also known as “…the boundary-layer turbine, cohesion-type turbine, and Prandtl-layer turbine it uses the boundary-layer effect and not a fluid impinging upon the blades as in a conventional turbine.” (Wikipedia)

Smooth disks with nozzles circulate fluid around the edge of the disk. As the disk spins, the fluid adheres to the edge of the disk and is drawn from the edge of disk to the center. It works by adhesion rather than friction, resulting in greater efficiency.

The Shadowgraph
The Shadowgraph is another name for x-rays, but Tesla’s term is actually more depictive of the process. An x-ray creates a silhouette of the area captured by passing radioactive waves through the human body. Although the invention was initially developed by Rontgen, Tesla made improvements to the technique to render clearer images.

Radio
Before his lab burned down, Tesla was working on developing a radio intended to t***smit a signal fifty miles. Prior to its completion, however, another gentleman received a patent for a similar radio design in England. Had he succeeded, Nikola Tesla’s invention would have surpassed the Brit’s invention in strength.

Neon Lamp
The neon lamp (or sign) was Tesla’s modification of existing neon light technology to form words and designs. Neon signs continue to exist worldwide, lighting up bars, casinos, hotels, and other signs along the roadway.

Hydroelectric Power
The Niagara Falls Commission selected Tesla to design the hydroelectric power generator at Niagara Falls using his alternating power technology. Considered the first power plant, Tesla’s technology was used throughout the world to provide electricity to the masses.

Induction Motor
Using electromagnets to spin, Tesla’s induction motor currently powers everyday household items such as vacuums, hairdryers and power tools.

Radio-controlled Boat
Tesla used radio t***smission to power the first radio-controlled toy boat, controlling its engine, lighting and steering with a remote control. Today’s drones are based on this technology. While some viewed his invention as a contribution to warfare, i.e. torpedoes, Tesla considered it the beginning of robotic technology which would eventually handle the majority of labor for man.

Many of Nikola Tesla’s inventions went unrecognized, others lost when his notes were destroyed by fire. At the end of his life, his research was confiscated by the FBI, and only in recent years has it been made available to the public.

https://teslasciencecenter.org/nikola-tesla-inventions/

letmedance Loc: Walnut, Ca.

One again thom. Tesla did not invent the 20th century, time is not invented. If you do a bit of studying you will also find he was not the first in many cases but improved what others had discovered.

thom w Loc: San Jose, CA

If you check you will find quite differently. He invented a vaneless turbine at a time when the metalurgy to produce it didn't yet exist. And then there is radio which Marconi took credit for.

https://www.pbs.org/tesla/ll/ll_whoradio.html

If you want a really good read try "Tesla: A Man Out Of Time" It is the most captivating book I have ever read. I picked it up, and I didn't put it down till I had finished. Obviously he didn't invent time. I'm not at all sure you deserve it, but I'll give you credit for realizing that isn't what I meant.

What items did you have in mind that you claim he only improved?

letmedance Loc: Walnut, Ca.

Fo0r the last g==damned time thom, the man did not invent the 20th century.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Pervert Biden has no clue what he is saying.
He just struggles to read the teleprompter telling him what to say.
He even has his wife with him as I have seen on this recent trip overseas speaking for him studying briefings etc.
That from personal observation is what spouses do for senile, demented spouses.
The demented spouse gets very upset if asked a question they are unable to answer and starts jibbering incoherently. Sounds exactly like the pervert Biden.

DennyT Loc: Central Missouri woods

His words were

“”””
You know, when I went over in the Tank in the Pentagon, when I first was elected Vice President, with President Obama, the military sat us down to let us know what the greatest threats facing America were — the greatest physical threats. And this is not a joke: You know what the Joint Chiefs told us the greatest threat facing America was? G****l w*****g. Because there’ll be significant population movements, fights over land, millions of people leaving places because they’re literally sinking below the sea in Indonesia; because of the fights over what is arable land anymore.

“”””

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/06/09/remarks-by-president-biden-to-u-s-air-force-personnel-and-families-stationed-at-royal-air-force-mildenhall/

https://www.defense.gov/Explore/News/Article/Article/612710/

mwalsh Loc: Houston

No wonder you can't believe he said your quote...apparently, he did not say that.


Your credibility is slipping even further.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Pervert Biden only mindlessly mouthed the words, and once done had no idea or recollection of what he just said. The i***t cannot string that much together himself.
PS, that is the stupid claim of c*****e c****e is the worst enemy.
Libs just do not get it.