03-30-2015, 09:35 AM
One of the things that impressed me the most was, (and it was not really one of his imajor nventions per se) when he realized that for CW he needed a high frequency generator, and the mechanical ones got to about 10kc, he ordered one from GE, and they sent him one that he sent back, as it was not any better thsn the rest. Their engineer, Alexanderson, spent almost two years trying to improve upon Tesla generator and, according to Fessenden's note, was not usable and was not much different from Tesla generator at all. This was September 1906.
Then he modded a generator himself and in November (!!! - in two months) he had a working machine that gave him 50-90kc frequency, which he used in his Brant Rock station.
Interesting that after a while this same machine, with increased size and power of 200kW was being sold by GE as "Alexandersson's generator". Really?
Then he modded a generator himself and in November (!!! - in two months) he had a working machine that gave him 50-90kc frequency, which he used in his Brant Rock station.
Interesting that after a while this same machine, with increased size and power of 200kW was being sold by GE as "Alexandersson's generator". Really?
People who do not drink, do not smoke, do not eat red meat will one day feel really stupid lying there and dying from nothing.
