Chapter 7 THE MOST UNUSUAL INVENTIONS

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Many of Tesla's inventions, now 90 to 100 years old, still seem like science-fiction to us today.
Much of Tesla's inventions and overall power system in development, does indeed seem to be a recreation
of an advanced and ancient system of transmitting power to parts of the globe. As early as 1899, in the
Colorado Springs tests, Tesla sent electrical beams through the earth and lighted up light bulbs five miles
away.
Tesla is credited with so many inventions, that one might begin to think that he invented much of our
modern technology. Tesla's battle for recognition as the inventor of the radio, a device still usually
credited to Marconi, is familiar to most Tesla enthusiasts.
Among the incredible inventions that Tesla actually conceived, frequently patented, were:
The Electric Submarine
In 1898 Tesla patented the Teleautomaton Boat," (#613,809) an electrically powered submarine. This
submarine would pick-up electricity that was being broadcast to it by a receiver. Power could also be
stored in batteries and the electric submarine could be operated by remote control.
Tesla's VTOL
His design for a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft received its patent on January 3, 1928. This
was to become Tesla's last patented invention. After this, he no longer sought patents on any of his
inventions.
The Electro Dynamic Induction Lamp
In 1894, Tesla's Electro-Dynamic Induction Lamp was given US. patent 514. 170. The Electro-Dynamic
Induction Lamp is a type of light bulb that is said to be far in advance than those currently available.
The Bladeless Tesla Turbine
This bladeless turbine, patented in 1916 (#1,329,559), uses a series of rotating discs to pump liquids or
gases through a turbine engine. Hovercraft speed boats, or simple pumps can utilize the Bladeless
Turbine. It is said to be the world's most efficient engine, and is 20 times more efficient than a
conventional turbine, yet, it is still not in use today!
Improved Unipolar Generator
In 1891, Tesla published an article in The Electrical Engineer (New York Sept. 2,1891 about his
improved version of the Unipolar Generator. His rotating disc and opposing magnets has been copied by
many "magic-motor" builders over the years.
Tesla's Mechanical Oscillator
An unusual and little-known device invented by Tesla was the Mechanical Oscillator which compressed
air until the oxygen became a liquid. It was built in the form of an air cylinder and contained several
chambers, each of which successively cools the air until it becomes liquid. Tesla stated that the device
was highly efficient and could be used as a power generating system if magnets were attached to the
oscillating pistons. Tesla believed that an "oxygen recycle system" was a vast improvement to gasoline
engines and intended to conduct important experiments with LIQUID OXYGEN for new turbine engines
capable of developing extraordinary power.
Tesla's Ozone generator
Tesla's ozone generator. US Patent568,l77,issued in l896.0zonegenerator's are currently banned for
medical use in the U.S. despite the claims of some doctors that ozone therapy can cure cancer and AIDS.