Comments on: Tesla http://www.damninteresting.com/tesla A collection of Damn Interesting things Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:31:54 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: jski http://www.damninteresting.com/tesla#comment-25286 jski Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:12:11 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=610#comment-25286 So, oddharmonic, you seeing anybody? So, oddharmonic, you seeing anybody?

]]> By: bloop1 http://www.damninteresting.com/tesla#comment-23857 bloop1 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:24:56 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=610#comment-23857 Yes....He made me jizz my pants Yes….He made me jizz my pants

]]> By: Mirage_GSM http://www.damninteresting.com/tesla#comment-22123 Mirage_GSM Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:15:24 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=610#comment-22123 [quote]dangerousAC said: "I'd like to point out that one thing that makes AC more dangerous than DC is that AC causes your muscles to contract, so that when there is enough current running through something, you can't let go of it. "[/quote] I always thought it was the other way around - the DC was the kind where you cannot let go of the source of electricity... [quote]dangerousAC said: “I’d like to point out that one thing that makes AC more dangerous than DC is that AC causes your muscles to contract, so that when there is enough current running through something, you can’t let go of it. “[/quote]
I always thought it was the other way around – the DC was the kind where you cannot let go of the source of electricity…

]]> By: somethingawful http://www.damninteresting.com/tesla#comment-21932 somethingawful Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:48:20 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=610#comment-21932 [quote]tarteauxpommes said: "Wow, what an amazing mind…he is a (relatively) unsung hero. Has anyone else realized… AC/DC!! Ha! Ha ha! Ha! Never mind. That was awful."[/quote] Thats the point. He got the idea off an appliance that had the label [AC/DC] [quote]Vinko said: "Must be all that Croatian blood that makes him so great:) Read up on our history, we have some pretty amazing people and story's originating from here, like the story of the priest who single-handedly drove off invaders of the island Korcula"[/quote] Think again. Georgina-Djuka Tesla was born in Tomingaj ("Tomo's wood enclosure"- so named after her great-grandfather), the daughter of Nikola Mandic (1800 -1863), a Serbian Orthodox priest in Gracac, and the grandfather of Toma Budisavljevic (1777 - 1840), another priest, who was also a military commander, a Cartwright, and a fine bookbinder. She was the oldest of eight children. Her mother became blind when Djuka was 16 years old, and so it fell to her to look after her seven younger siblings, until her marriage to Milutin in 1847. Milutin Tesla was born in Raduc, county Medak, Lika, on February 19 (OS), 1819. The Serbs came to Raduc from around Knin in the 1690s, having arrived there from western Serbia, via Herzegovina. The name Tesla denotes either a trade, as tesla is Serbian for adze- a small axe with a blade at right angles to the handle - or a physical characteristic, such as protruding teeth, prevalent in the Tesla family. The name Tesla is also found in Ukraine. None of this even suggests he was Croatian, other then that he was living on what is now Croatian land, but what was then Austrian land. So he was as much Croatian as he was Austrian or American, all countries which royally screwed him at some point in his life. [quote]tarteauxpommes said: “Wow, what an amazing mind…he is a (relatively) unsung hero.

Has anyone else realized… AC/DC!! Ha! Ha ha! Ha! Never mind. That was awful.”[/quote]

Thats the point. He got the idea off an appliance that had the label [AC/DC]

[quote]Vinko said: “Must be all that Croatian blood that makes him so great:)

Read up on our history, we have some pretty amazing people and story’s originating from here, like the story of the priest who single-handedly drove off invaders of the island Korcula”[/quote]

Think again. Georgina-Djuka Tesla was born in Tomingaj (“Tomo’s wood enclosure”- so named after her great-grandfather), the daughter of Nikola Mandic (1800 -1863), a Serbian Orthodox priest in Gracac, and the grandfather of Toma Budisavljevic (1777 – 1840), another priest, who was also a military commander, a Cartwright, and a fine bookbinder. She was the oldest of eight children. Her mother became blind when Djuka was 16 years old, and so it fell to her to look after her seven younger siblings, until her marriage to Milutin in 1847. Milutin Tesla was born in Raduc, county Medak, Lika, on February 19 (OS), 1819. The Serbs came to Raduc from around Knin in the 1690s, having arrived there from western Serbia, via Herzegovina. The name Tesla denotes either a trade, as tesla is Serbian for adze- a small axe with a blade at right angles to the handle – or a physical characteristic, such as protruding teeth, prevalent in the Tesla family. The name Tesla is also found in Ukraine. None of this even suggests he was Croatian, other then that he was living on what is now Croatian land, but what was then Austrian land. So he was as much Croatian as he was Austrian or American, all countries which royally screwed him at some point in his life.

]]> By: M.G.H. ELECTRIC http://www.damninteresting.com/tesla#comment-20827 M.G.H. ELECTRIC Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:14:30 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=610#comment-20827 Hi I am new to this site, I have been reading anything I can get my hands on about Tesla since I first heard of the man back in my first year of my electrical apprenticeship in 1988. Since then I have worked my electrical career around his teachings and made some significant discoveries of my own along the way all thanks to his brilliance and clear thinking. All I can add is to those in pursuit of knowledge is KEEP MOVING FORWARD. Hi I am new to this site, I have been reading anything I can get my hands on about Tesla since I first heard of the man back in my first year of my electrical apprenticeship in 1988. Since then I have worked my electrical career around his teachings and made some significant discoveries of my own along the way all thanks to his brilliance and clear thinking. All I can add is to those in pursuit of knowledge is KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

]]> By: Vinko http://www.damninteresting.com/tesla#comment-18487 Vinko Sun, 18 Nov 2007 14:16:05 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=610#comment-18487 Must be all that Croatian blood that makes him so great:) Read up on our history, we have some pretty amazing people and story's originating from here, like the story of the priest who single-handedly drove off invaders of the island Korcula Must be all that Croatian blood that makes him so great:)
Read up on our history, we have some pretty amazing people and story’s originating from here, like the story of the priest who single-handedly drove off invaders of the island Korcula

]]> By: oddharmonic http://www.damninteresting.com/tesla#comment-16116 oddharmonic Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:45:16 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=610#comment-16116 <p><span class='quote'>kc0dxh said: "There used to be a Tesla museum in Colorado Springs with a giant Tesla Coil in the center of the audience. Anyone know if this is still operational?"</span></p><p>The Colorado Springs museum closed in December 1998, but the coil is in the possession of Bill Wysock of Tesla Technology Research. Wysock restored the coil after original owner Dick Aurandt's death, donated it to the International Tesla Society for the museum in 1992 and received it back after the museum closed. Most of the museum's assets were sold at auction. </p><p>Picture of the Dick Aurandt coil: http://www.ttr.com/DA-1.html</p><p>Article referencing the CS Tesla museum's demise: http://csindy.com/csindy/2000-08-10/cover.html</p> kc0dxh said: “There used to be a Tesla museum in Colorado Springs with a giant Tesla Coil in the center of the audience. Anyone know if this is still operational?”

The Colorado Springs museum closed in December 1998, but the coil is in the possession of Bill Wysock of Tesla Technology Research. Wysock restored the coil after original owner Dick Aurandt’s death, donated it to the International Tesla Society for the museum in 1992 and received it back after the museum closed. Most of the museum’s assets were sold at auction.

Picture of the Dick Aurandt coil: http://www.ttr.com/DA-1.html

Article referencing the CS Tesla museum’s demise: http://csindy.com/csindy/2000-08-10/cover.html

]]> By: tarteauxpommes http://www.damninteresting.com/tesla#comment-15851 tarteauxpommes Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:02:19 +0000 http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=610#comment-15851 <p>Wow, what an amazing mind...he is a (relatively) unsung hero.</p><p>Has anyone else realized... AC/DC!! Ha! Ha ha! Ha! Never mind. That was awful.</p> Wow, what an amazing mind…he is a (relatively) unsung hero.

Has anyone else realized… AC/DC!! Ha! Ha ha! Ha! Never mind. That was awful.

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