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“There is no hope for television by means of cathode-ray tubes.”

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John Logie Baird was a Scottish inventor and engineer, renowned for his contributions to television technology. He is considered one of the pioneers of television and successfully demonstrated the first television image transmission in 1925. more

“But the female mind has demonstrated a capacity for all the mental acquirements and achievements of men, and as generations ensue that capacity will be expanded; the average woman will be as well educated as the average man, and then better educated, for the dormant faculties of her brain will be stimulated to an activity that will be all the more intense and powerful because of centuries of repose. Woman will ignore precedent and startle civilization with their progress.”

“It is a simple feat of scientific electrical engineering — only expensive — blind, faint-hearted, doubting world.”

World Simple Doubt Blind Expensive Engineering Hearted Electrical Feats Faint Hearted Electrical Engineering

Book:The Nikola Tesla Treasury

Source: The Nikola Tesla Treasury

“With a different form of wireless instrument devised by me some years ago it was found practicable to locate a body of metallic ore below the ground, and it seems that a submarine could be similarly detected.”

Years Different Body Seems Form Found Years Ago Instruments Wireless Submarines Metallic

Book:The Nikola Tesla Treasury

Source: The Nikola Tesla Treasury

“There is something within me that might be illusion as it is often case with young delighted people, but if I would be fortunate to achieve some of my ideals, it would be on the behalf of the whole of humanity. If those hopes would become fulfilled, the most exciting thought would be that it is a deed of a Serb.”

People Ifs Whole Might Would Be Young Humanity Cases Achieve Illusion Ideals Exciting Deeds Fortunate Fulfilled Behalf Delighted

Author:Nikola Tesla

“We build but to tear down. Most of our work and resource is squandered. Our onward march is marked by devastation. Everywhere there is an appalling loss of time, effort and life. A cheerless view, but true.”

Loss Views Effort Tears Resources March Devastation Time Effort

Book:The Nikola Tesla Treasury

Source: The Nikola Tesla Treasury

“It will soon be possible to transmit wireless messages around the world so simply that any individual can carry and operate his own apparatus.”

World Individual Messages Around The World Transmit Wireless

Author:Nikola Tesla

“Nature may reach the same result in many ways.”

Way May Results

Book:The Illustrated Tesla

Source: The Illustrated Tesla

“Money does not represent such a value as men have placed upon it. All my money has been invested into experiments with which I have made new discoveries enabling mankind to have a little easier life.”

Men Littles Doe Has Beens Made Values Mankind Easier Discovery Currents Experiments Enabling New Discoveries Great Scientist New Inventions Easier Life

Author:Nikola Tesla

“I predict that very shortly the old-fashioned incandescent lamp, having a filament heated to brightness by the passage of electric current through it, will entirely disappear.”

Currents Disappear Passages Electric Old Fashioned Lamps Brightness Electric Current

Author:Nikola Tesla

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