Did brilliant Serbian scientist Nikola Tesla, the man who gave the world alternating current, really invent a "death ray" that could knock planes out of the air? Was this an early version of an "EMP" weapon, that would stop machines by creating an electromagnetic pulse? Or was it just one of those "urban legends" like crocodiles in the NYC sewers?
2007-01-23 01:31:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
From my understanding it was supposed to be closer to a particle beam weapon. He claimed to have built one. But after he died, when his room was searched, it was missing. Urban legend, maybe, maybe not.
2007-01-23 13:00:14 · answer #1 · answered by charley128 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tesla claimed to be working on such a thing. But, brilliant though he was, he was also a little "touched". There's no evidence he actually created anything like a death ray.
2007-01-23 01:36:00 · answer #2 · answered by acafrao341 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No such thing. If there were you can believe that every military establishment on earth would have a pile of these.
2007-01-23 01:40:05 · answer #3 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some say he did but others say he did not. He only planned to make one
2016-03-28 22:35:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋