Autograph Letter Signed, "N Tesla,".

Tesla, Nikola, Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist (1856-1943).

Verlag: 46 East Houston St. [New York] , 4. II. 1897.

Beschreibung

8vo. 3 pp. Double sheet. To "My dear Mrs. Anthony" suggesting she should ignore an article about him: Many thanks for your kind note. I confess I ask my friends too much but I hope that you will pardon my neglect. I have been so busy that to tell the truth I have had little time for taking pictures. As soon as possible I promise to forward one. My progress has been most satisfactory since our last meeting as you may judge from a few trials […] to which you refer. It might perhaps interest you to read it through, though I would not advise you to do this." In the early morning hours of 13 March 1895, the South Fifth Avenue building that housed Tesla's lab caught fire. It started in the basement of the building and was so intense Tesla's 4th-floor lab burned and collapsed into the second floor. The fire not only set back Tesla's ongoing projects, but it also destroyed a collection of early notes and research material, models, and demonstration pieces, including many that had been exhibited at the 1893 Worlds Colombian Exposition. Tesla told The New York Times "I am in too much grief to talk. What can I say?" After the fire Tesla moved to 46 & 48 East Houston Street and rebuilt his lab on the 6th and 7th floors. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 86246

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Titel: Autograph Letter Signed, "N Tesla,".

Verlag: 46 East Houston St. [New York] , 4. II. 1897.