#earthquake machine

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[burningonyx]

Tesla invented the brown note.

So I was discussing Tesla's earthquake machine with a friend the other day, telling her how he accidentally created an earthquake machine that nearly shook the building he was in down, and how it scared him so much that he destroyed it and all his research about it.

My friend then told me that she knew that, and added that she'd read that the earthquake machine was a scaled-up version of a smaller device that vibrated things in the room so much that it made anyone in the room lose control of their bowels and crap their pants.

So basically, Nikola Tesla invented the brown note, made a larger version that nearly killed him by threatening to bring an entire building down on his head, and he destroyed everything relating to it. If the larger one hadn't turned out to be an earthquake machine, we would have had a Brown Note Machine.

Figures Tesla would be the one to invent the Brown Note.

[drnikolatesla]

Nikola Tesla Tells of "Earthquake Machine"

"I was experimenting with vibrations. I had one of my machines going and I wanted to see if I could get it in tune with the vibration of the building. I put it up notch after notch. There was a peculiar cracking sound.

"I asked my assistants where did the sound come from. They did not know. I put the machine up a few more notches. There was a louder cracking sound. I knew I was approaching the vibration of the steel building. I pushed the machine a little higher.

"Suddenly all the heavy machinery in the place was flying around. I grabbed a hammer and broke the machine. The building would have been down about our ears in another few minutes. Outside in the street there was pandemonium. The police and ambulances arrived. I told my assistants to say nothing. We told the police it must have been an earthquake. That's all they ever knew about it..."

"...Vibration will do anything. It would only be necessary to step up the vibrations of the machine to fit the natural vibration of the building and the building would come crashing down. That's why soldiers always break step crossing a bridge."

–Nikola Tesla

"Nikola Tesla, at 79, Uses Earth to Transmit Signals; Expects to have $100,000,000 Within Two Years." New York World-Telegram, July 11, 1935.

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[globalexperienceproject2016-blog]

The Mythbusters posed the question: Is it possible to build an earthquake machine? Check out whether it is possible to build an earthquake machine.

. In physics terms, the earthquake machine supposedly could match an object's resonant frequency, or the vibration speed that naturally accelerates its oscillation rate.

To understand how resonant frequency works, think about a playground swing. The energy someone gets from a push varies depending on the frequency and location of said push. When you push at the right moment of resonant frequency, the swing moves farther and higher. If Tesla's theory was correct, as his machine increases an object's oscillation rate, the resulting positive feedback should cause the object to break apart.

[mirkokosmos]

Electro-Mechanical Oscillator by Nikola Tesla

Tesla's Electro-Mechanical Oscillator is a steam-powered electric generator patented by Nikola Tesla in 1893. Later in life Tesla claimed one version of the oscillator caused an earthquake in New York City in 1898, gaining it the popular culture title "Tesla's Earthquake Machine".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla's_oscillator

#Steampunk

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[ismster]

Earthquake Machine 1898

Tesla established a laboratory on Houston Street in New York at 46 E. There, at one point while experimenting with mechanical oscillators, he allegedly generated a resonance of several buildings causing complaints to the police. As the speed grew it is said that the machine oscillated at the resonance frequency of his own building and, belatedly realizing the danger, he was forced to apply a sledge hammer to terminate the experiment, just as the police arrived.