I received this response from Doug Ruffley regarding the coverage of the Emerson Process Management wireless product launch in Bologna--home of Marconi.
I was reading the article "From Attic to the Process Plant" in the latest "Read-Out Instrumentation Signpost", and wanted to call attention to another inventor-Nikola Tesla- who demonstrated wireless radio in St Louis 11 years before Marconi obtained his first patent. Tesla died in 1943 - a year before the US Supreme Court ruled in his favor in a patent case-Tesla versus Marconi, Case 309, June, 1944. Everyone honors Marconi, and I don't wish to minimize his accomplishments, but we should also acknowledge Tesla. I must admit ignorance of Tesla's many contributions to our modern life until I read a series of articles about him last year. I would ask that you make mention of Tesla and encourage others to do a little research about him. He's an American treasure that should be acknowledged. I hope you see fit to publicize Tesla in the near future as we surely will be hearing more about the technology from Honeywell, Emerson, etc.
I believe Tesla was the "mad scientist" featured in the movie "The Prestige." I recommend the movie. In it, the scientist's dreams were done in by "goons" sent from Thomas Edison (championing ac power over dc power as I recall). Sometimes it's not the technology that wins, it's the success in the market. But Tesla was undoubtedly a genius--and for more than the electrostatic device we all played with in high school. Thanks for pointing this out.
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