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July 10th, 1976: Yugoslav Stamp Issued

Yugoslavia issues a 5 dinar stamp marking the 120th anniversary of Tesla's birth on July 10, 1856. Designed by Andreja Milenković, it carried an image reflecting the Tesla monument in front of the School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade (Belgrade, Serbia) against a background of Niagara Falls.

Yugoslavian 5 dinar Nikola Tesla stamp designed by Andreja Milenković.

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Chewing Gum More Fatal Than Rum, Says Tesla

New York World Telegram

August 10th, 1932

(Nikola Tesla, dean of inventors at 76 and pioneer of radio, believes it is essential for the welfare of the country that prohibition end soon. In this article, which he wrote for the World-Telegram... continue reading »

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Words of Wisdom

Quote 14

If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search... I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor.

— Nikola Tesla

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Proceedings of the 1988 International Tesla Symposium

Steven Elswick

Contents include: “Opening Address and Historical Perspectives on Tesla” by William H. Terbo, “Nikola Tesla... A Yugoslav Perspective” by Dr. Nikola Pribic, “The Great AC/DC War” by Charles R. Wright... continue reading »

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Featured Tesla Patent

U.S. Patent 725,605 - System of Signaling

In certain systems for transmitting intelligible messages or governing the movements and operations of distant automata electrical impulses or disturbances produced by suitable apparatus are conveyed... continue reading »