Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist who is best known for his
contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. Tesla gained experience in telephony and electrical engineering before
emigrating to the United States in
1884 to work for Thomas Edison in
New York City. He soon struck out on his
own with financial backers, setting up laboratories and companies to develop a
range of electrical devices. His patented AC induction motor and
transformer were licensed by George Westinghouse,
who also hired Tesla for a short time as a consultant. His work in the formative years of
electric-power development was involved in a corporate alternating current/direct current "War of Currents" as well as various patent battles. He became a naturalized US citizen in
1891. Tesla went on to pursue his ideas
of wireless lighting and electricity distribution in his high-voltage,
high-frequency power experiments in New York and Colorado Springs and made
early (1893) pronouncements on the possibility of wireless
communication with his devices. He tried to put these ideas to practical use
in an ill-fated attempt at intercontinental wireless transmission, his
unfinished Wardenclyffe Tower project. In his lab, he also conducted a range of
experiments with mechanical oscillators/generators, electrical discharge tubes,
and early X-ray imaging. He also built a
wireless-controlled boat, one of the first ever exhibited. Tesla was renowned for his achievements and
showmanship, eventually earning him a reputation in popular culture as
an archetypal "mad scientist".
His
patents earned him a considerable amount of money, much of which was used to
finance his own projects with varying degrees of success. He
lived most of his life in a series of New York hotels. His work fell into relative obscurity after
his death, but in 1960, the General
Conference on Weights and Measures named the SI unit of magnetic flux density the tesla in his honor. There
has been a resurgence in popular interest in Tesla since the 1990s. Read much more and see pictures at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla
Jack shows Meg his Tesla
Coil Clip from the film Coffee and Cigarettes by Jim Jarmusch Jack and Meg White from the band The White
Stripes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL9bq3YmHJo 7:30 Be patient--dialogue does not start until
1:30.
ubiquitous adjective Present, appearing, or found everywhere. Origin: from
modern Latin ubiquitas (from Latin ubique everywhere, from ubi where) + -ous. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ubiquitous
How
can you cook the best pernil ever? The number one rule is to do it the old fashioned way
and don't change a thing. Buy a pork 'shoulder
picnic cut.' If you don't find this
particular piece then buy any large chunk of pork. All it needs is lots of garlic (powder is
ok), black pepper, oregano, and salt. Sprinkle the meat and bake . How easy is
that? Find specific instructions at http://www.elboricua.com/pernil.html
Manhattan:
Inwood With its copious parkland, history and
waterfront, Inwood offers residents a respite from the rest of the city. Located on the northern tip of Manhattan, the
neighborhood features a forest with glacial caves once used by Native Americans,
at Inwood Hill Park on its western edge by the Hudson River. Inwood’s physical landscape has remained
mostly unchanged for decades due to zoning restrictions that limit buildings to
seven stories. The high-rise glass boxes
popping up throughout the city are nowhere to be found in the neighborhood. Read more and see pictures at http://www.amny.com/real-estate/city-living/manhattan/inwood-offers-beautiful-parks-plenty-of-history-in-manhattan-1.11951240
Manhattan:
Inwood Hill Park Inwood Hill Park is
a city-owned and maintained public park in the Inwood neighborhood
of Manhattan, New York City,
operated by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Situated on a
high schist ridge that rises 200 feet above the Hudson River from Dyckman Street to the northern tip of the island, Inwood Hill Park's
densely folded, glacially scoured topography contains the largest remaining
forest land on Manhattan Island. Unlike
other Manhattan parks, Inwood Hill Park is largely natural, being
non-landscaped. Inwood Hill Park has a
human history that goes back to the Pre-Columbian era. Through the 17th century,
Native Americans known as the Lenape inhabited
the area. There is evidence of a main
encampment along the eastern edge of the park.
The Lenape relied on both the Hudson and Harlem Rivers as sources for
food. Artifacts and the remains of old
campfires were found in Inwood's rock shelters, suggesting their use for
shelter and temporary living quarters.
Legend has it that under a tulip tree in the park Peter Minuit, Director
General of New Netherland, 'purchased' Manhattan from the a band of Native
Americans in 1626 for the Dutch West India Company; the purchase price being a
shipment of goods worth 60 guilders. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inwood_Hill_Park
posology noun (pharmacy) 1. The study of the dosages of drugs, especially the determination of appropriate dosages. 2. (mathematics, historical, rare) In the
works of English philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832): the study of quantity; mathematics. Wiktionary
Bruce Springsteen admitted in a BBC Radio 2 interview in
October 2016 that he wrote a ballad for the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s
Stone--the first movie in the Potter series-
although it was never used. On February
10, 2017, at least briefly, the world got a chance to hear that ballad. The soft and slow “I’ll Stand By You Always”
was recorded in 2001 and appeared on SoundCloud for a few hours, but has
since been removed. The song doesn’t
have any direct references to Harry Potter, although
it includes sincere lyrics like, “We'll let the night come and do what it
may, together we'll find the courage, we'll find faith/ Until you awake.” The first three Harry Potter used scores from composer John
Williams, while subsequent films were composed by Patrick Doyle, Nicholas
Hooper and Alexandre Desplat. Springsteen
said in the BBC interview that it was "very uncharacteristic of something
I'd sing myself." He added that he
still hopes to get it into a children’s movie someday. Jillian Frankel http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7686171/bruce-springsteen-unreleased-harry-potter-song
http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com Issue 1693
February 15, 2017 On this date in
1764, the city of St. Louis was established in Spanish Louisiana (now
Missouri). On this date in 1867, the premiere of the Waltz For Choir at Vienna’s Dianabadsaal
(Diana Bath Hall) took place. Johann Strauss
recalled a poem by Karl Isidor Beck (1817-79). Each stanza ends with the line: ‘By the
Danube, beautiful blue Danube’. It gave
him the inspiration and the title for his new work--although the Danube could
never be described as blue and, at the time the waltz was written, it did not
flow through Vienna. When, later
that year, Strauss introduced the waltz in its orchestral garb to Paris at the
World Exhibition, it created a sensation.
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