Laboratory of Nikola Tesla goes under the hammer

The laboratory of one of the greatest and most unknown minds of the last century (more than 700 patents, except perhaps for the person for whom he worked - Thomas Edison), a native Serb who grew up in Austria-Hungary and received American citizenship in 1891, Nikola Tesla, here -That will be sold by an ordinary real estate agency.

Last week, The New York Times published an interesting article that tells about the ordeals of the so-called “Long Island” - the main laboratory of Tesla, which he called Wardenclyffe (it is not known what exactly was meant by this phrase, but warden is “caretaker / overseer”, and clyffe can be an allegory for the English glyph - “glyph / sign”).

16 hectares of land located in southern New York were purchased at the beginning of the last century, and already in 1903 the first tower had already grown on the territory of Long Island. Nikola Tesla, by that time already an authoritative and famous scientist, in his laboratory conducted the first research on the wireless transmission of information and current. In fact, the Wardencliff is the heart of all the work of the great physicist, at the station there are still tons of equipment produced either by Tesla himself or according to his drawings, huge batteries of Tesla's design without any documentation, records of Nikola from unfinished experiments, and but rumors that much more is hidden under the ground than is visible on the surface. In the end, this very tower, which is the key moment in understanding what Tesla was doing, has several very interesting stories on the verge of mysticism and genius .


The stated price at which the agency puts up for sale this priceless piece of land: $ 1.6 million. For this money, the buyer, whoever he is, will receive ownership of the land with all the buildings and everything else that is on the territory. And if desired, clean land. What does this mean, I think everyone understands perfectly.

Many, however, believe that the sale of Wardencliff is not so bad. In recent years, the territory has completely deserted, and the land around the fence is bombarded with beer cans. But Tesla fans do not agree that such a significant piece of history will go into the hands of anyone, they are even against the museum in the laboratory - if Tesla had such a desire, then 16 acres of land could become a favorite place for tourists to visit during the life of a scientist , the blessing on what to look there always was.

It remains to be hoped that with such coverage of this transaction, there will be people willing to help those who have a desire with their finances. It is possible that if the New York City Hall takes matters into its own hands, a training center will appear on Long Island. Well, or another sports center with a beautiful view of the bay.

"... the FBI searched, seized all the papers related to the scientific activities of the physicist. It was stated that his notes are purely philosophical and cannot be implemented ..."

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NYT via Gizmodo