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Nikola Tesla's Mysterious Box

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As the story goes, he had the gasoline engine removed and replaced with a 80kW electric motor. He then installed a mysterious "black box" from which rods protruded. Wires connected the box to the motor, providing it with enough electric power to achieves speeds of over 90 mph.

What was inside that box remains a mystery. It wasn't large enough to house the batteries of the time or a generator. It is presumed that it contained some type of circuitry that was able to tap into and dramatically amplify the energy that Tesla believed is all around us.

pretty interesting read... was it a hoax or was Nikola just a super genius that was severely under appreciated in his time?
 
Yes, there is a whole lore surrounding that. I think the thought was it was receiving RF power from a very high powered transmitting tower nearby.

Back in his day, pre "electronics" he could transmit massive amounts of power and build specific devices to receive it. These days such a "stunt" would likely fry all sorts of other equipment nearby I would think. Or maybe he knew something that no one ever figured out?

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(warning, wild speculations and conspiracy theories surround this story)