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Tesla, inventor of ASDIC
Posted by:
Fin Bonset
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Date: December 08, 2000 06:57PM
<HTML>Hi all,
Came across this today while reading about Nikola Tesla. It seems he was the inventor/visionary of the Asdic device. Here\'s the text.
At the beginning of World War I, Tesla described a means for detecting ships at sea. His idea was to transmit high-frequency radio waves that would reflect off the hulls of vessels and appear on a fluorescent screen. The idea was too far ahead of its day, but it was one of the first descriptions of what we now call radar. Tesla was also the first to warn of an era when flying vehicles without wings could be remotely controlled to land with an explosive charge on an unsuspecting enemy. (V-1)
Thought I would share that with you all!
Best regards,
Fin Bonset
</HTML>
Came across this today while reading about Nikola Tesla. It seems he was the inventor/visionary of the Asdic device. Here\'s the text.
At the beginning of World War I, Tesla described a means for detecting ships at sea. His idea was to transmit high-frequency radio waves that would reflect off the hulls of vessels and appear on a fluorescent screen. The idea was too far ahead of its day, but it was one of the first descriptions of what we now call radar. Tesla was also the first to warn of an era when flying vehicles without wings could be remotely controlled to land with an explosive charge on an unsuspecting enemy. (V-1)
Thought I would share that with you all!
Best regards,
Fin Bonset
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Subject | Written By | Posted |
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Tesla, inventor of ASDIC | Fin Bonset | 12/08/2000 06:57PM |
RE: Tesla, inventor of ASDIC | Rainer Bruns | 12/08/2000 09:24PM |
RE: Tesla, inventor of ASDIC | Don Baker | 12/09/2000 05:04PM |
RE: Tesla, inventor of ASDIC | Fin Bonset | 12/11/2000 12:44PM |
RE: Tesla, inventor of ASDIC | Roy Prince | 12/08/2000 10:01PM |
RE: Tesla, inventor of ASDIC | Craig McLean | 12/09/2000 01:36PM |
RE: Tesla, inventor of ASDIC | Leon C. Gall | 12/10/2000 04:51PM |
RE: Tesla, inventor of ASDIC | Fin Bonset | 12/11/2000 12:46PM |
RE: Tesla, inventor of ASDIC | Joe Brennan | 12/09/2000 07:55AM |
RE: V-1 propulsion | kurt | 12/09/2000 10:04PM |
RE: Ram Jets and Pulse Jets | Don Baker | 12/10/2000 12:21AM |
RE: Tesla, inventor of ASDIC | Gudmundur Helgason | 12/11/2000 09:20AM |
RE: Tesla, inventor of ASDIC | Fin Bonset | 12/11/2000 12:50PM |