Teleforce

Teleforce was Nikola Tesla's charged particle beam projector, first mentioned in the New York Sun, July 10, 1934.

Contents

1 Introduction 2 Conditions and inventions 3 Principles 4 Conspiracy 5 Quotes 6 External links and references

Introduction

In Tesla's words, written in a letter to J. P. Morgan, Jr., the Teleforce invention was primarily intended to be used as an instrument of national defense akin to an invisible "Chinese Wall of Defense". Tesla stated that nations, when detecting invading armies, could destroy their opponent's military units and reduce incoming aerial craft as far as 200 to 250 miles away. It is not known whether Tesla ever built a model of the Teleforce system, though in 1937, Tesla remarked, "But it is not an experiment ... I have built, demonstrated, and used it. Only a little time will pass before I can give it to the world."

Conditions and inventions

Teleforce applications and particle beam device must meet four conditions and involved four inventions:

1. Produce a electromotive force, in particular a method and process for producing very great electrical force (in the range of 50,000,000 volts electrical potential).
2. A method and apparatus to produce rays"and other manifestations of energy" in natural media (e.g., the free air).
3. Generate a force amplification or a method of amplifying manifestations of force.
4. and, Generate an electrical repelling force (and this primarily being used in the projector, or "gun", element; this is used today in accelerators) [e.g., this would be the projector, or gun, of the system.

Tesla devised four inventions to accomplish these conditions, some of which he had already tested. The generating device, reportedly from some sources, is embodied upon a large Van de Graaff generator employing a gas stream as its charge carrying belt. Metal droplets or atomic clusters were accelerated in a vacuum, then conducted into the atmosphere by "valvular conduit," a special type of open-ended vacuum tube, comprising a system for the acceleration of very small charged metallic particles to prodigiously high velocity (about 48 times the speed of sound, according to Tesla).

The particles were projected out of the tube by means of electrostatic repulsion. The tubes were to be designed to project a single row of highly charged particles, and there would be no dispersion whatever even at great distance (according to Tesla). Since the cross section of the charge carriers might be reduced to almost microscopic dimensions, and since the charged particles would self-focus via "gas focusing," an immense concentration of energy, practically irrespective of distance, could be attained. Specialized generation plants, Tesla estimated at that time (1940), would cost no more than $2,000,000 (and could have been constructed in a few months).

Teleforce's mechanical power transmission system (and the associated telegeodynamics) is reportedly based primarily on the reciprocating engine Tesla patented in 1894. The principles of operation in the mechanical oscillators of Tesla are well understood. The reciprocating engine patent provides a means for engines to yield constant oscillatory movements, in wide limits, under the applied forces such as elastic tension of steam or gas under pressure. It also functions at a constant irrespective of the loads on the system, frictional losses, or other negative factors (which degrade other engines). Primarily the engine converts "pressure" into mechanical power. This type of system was first described in record of his time in Colorado Springs.

Principles

Teleforce principles, supposedly, would have introduced a new generalization of physics. The concepts of teleforce is reasonably founded on the alternating current polyphase wireless transmission systems developed by Tesla and is related to general mechanical energy principles. It utilized Tesla's theory of "telegeodynamics" (i.e., Tesla's mechanical earth-resonance theory). In addition, the principles of wirelessly transceiving high potentials (in the millions of volts) and transmitting high tension currents on narrow radiant energy ultraviolet ionizing beams by means of conductive rarefied gasous media (similar to the means of artificially creating auroral displays) are incorporated (and thus eliminates the need of a high vacuum). The width of the beam would be down to one hundred-millionth of a square centimeter.

The principles of underground mineral detection are not well understood. Techniques for the location of subterranean mineral deposits used today, e.g. earth batteries, may or may not be the same principles Tesla cited.

Conspiracy

A conspiracy theory is that Tesla's "death ray" research is the basis of the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program. An associated oddity related to the teleforce concept is Tesla's activities during the time of the Tunguska event.

Quotes

"I have made recent discoveries of inestimable value which are referred in the marked passage of the clipping enclosed... [possibly "Dr. Tesla Visions the End of Aircraft In War," Syracuse Herald, October 21, ]

"The flying machine has completely demoralized the world, so much that in some cities, as London and Paris, people are in mortal fear from aerial bombing. The new means I have perfected afford absolute protection against this and other forms of attack." - Nikola Tesla (letter to J. P. Morgan, Jr. on November 29, 1934)

External links and references

• Viereck, George Sylvester, "A Machine To End War (http://www.tfcbooks.com/tesla/machine.htm)" (by Nikola Tesla). Liberty, February, 1935.
• "Nikola Tesla's Teleforce & Telegeodynamics Proposals". Twenty First Century Books, November 14, 1998. 124 pgs. ISBN 0963601288
• "On Roentgen Rays (http://www.tesla.hu/tesla/articles/18960318.doc)". Electrical Review, New York, March 11, 1896. (DOC format)
• "Possibilities of Electro-Static Generators (http://www.tesla.hu/tesla/articles/19340300.doc)". Scientific American, March, 1934. (DOC format)
• "Tesla Invents Peace Ray (http://www.tesla-coil-builder.com/Articles/july_10_1934.htm)". New York Sun, July 10, 1934.
• "Death-Ray Machine Described", New York Sun, July 11, 1934.
• "Tesla, at 78, Bares New 'Death-Beam"', New York Times, July 11, 1934.
• "Tesla's Ray". Time, July 23, 1934.
• "'Death Ray' for Planes (http://uforeview.tripod.com/tesladeathray2.html)". New York Times, September 22, 1940.
• O'Neill, John J., "Tesla Tries To Prevent World War II (http://www.pbs.org/tesla/res/res_art12.html)". (unpublished Chapter 34 of Prodigal Genius) (PBS)
• "Question and answer : Ask Dr. Seifer (http://www.netsense.net/tesla/questions.html)" (Question 1, Death Ray). MetaScience Productions, Kingston, RI.
• Ventura, Timothy, "Tesla Death Ray Reconstruction (http://www.americanantigravity.com/graphics/tesla/Tesla-Death-Ray-Reconstruction.pdf)". 1994. (PDF)
• "Nikola Tesla's Teleforce & Telegeodynamics Proposals". Twenty First Century Books, November 14, 1998. 124 pgs. ISBN 0963601288
• Ryeczek, "US4572582 Method of mining metals located in the earth (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=4572582.WKU.&OS=PN/4572582&RS=PN/4572582)".

This article or an earlier version based on text from Twenty First Century Books' Tesla FAQ (http://www.tfcbooks.com/teslafaq/q&a_011.htm), submitted to this encyclopedia by the original author.