Full Version: Tesla's Death Ray (Myth or Real)
Wow, I havent been on here in forever; nice seeing all the figures from the poll.
QUOTE (xoisk @ Jun 15 2005, 07:47 AM) 
maybe it is real some years ago a scientist in australia was murderd and he was allso involved in the death ray exsperiment in australia , so there may be some truth to it
tesla kicks ass 
QUOTE (DJ_Quinn @ Jun 16 2005, 06:30 AM)
The death ray was a particle accelerator and outgrowth of his magnifying transformer. The device focused its energy output into a thin beam so concentrated that it would not scatter, even over great distances.
You mean he invented an ion cannon of some type?
QUOTE (Bella-Angelique @ Apr 13 2008, 03:18 PM)
You mean he invented an ion cannon of some type?
Yeah, I think so.
My own guess is that, yes, Tesla could have constructed a "death ray" device but that it would not have been an "energy beam" in the Flash Gordon "ray gun" sense of the word.
That is, Tesla planned to bring down enemy bombers by zapping them with man-made lightning bolts.
He was an old hand at creating lighting, having done so in Colorado in the 1890s. Those flashes have been estimated at 50-plus million volts each.
That is, Tesla planned to bring down enemy bombers by zapping them with man-made lightning bolts.
He was an old hand at creating lighting, having done so in Colorado in the 1890s. Those flashes have been estimated at 50-plus million volts each.
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