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The Tower T-shirt, Nikola Tesla patent 1,119,732 printed in amber on black
Plate VII

The Tower

The anchor of the drop: Tesla's patent for the apparatus at Wardenclyffe, the tower he believed could send power through the air. It was torn down in 1917. The drawing survived.

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U.S. Patent 1,119,732, granted 1914

The Flat Spiral T-shirt, Nikola Tesla patent 593,138 printed in amber on black
Plate I

The Flat Spiral

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U.S. Patent 593,138, granted 1897

The Teleautomaton T-shirt, Nikola Tesla patent 613,809 printed in amber on black
Plate II

The Teleautomaton

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U.S. Patent 613,809, granted 1898

The Upper Air T-shirt, Nikola Tesla patent 645,576 printed in amber on black
Plate III

The Upper Air

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U.S. Patent 645,576, granted 1900

The Cold Circuit T-shirt, Nikola Tesla patent 685,012 printed in amber on black
Plate IV

The Cold Circuit

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U.S. Patent 685,012, granted 1901

The Secret Signal T-shirt, Nikola Tesla patent 725,605 printed in amber on black
Plate V

The Secret Signal

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U.S. Patent 725,605, granted 1903

Waves in the Earth T-shirt, Nikola Tesla patent 787,412 printed in amber on black
Plate VI

Waves in the Earth

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U.S. Patent 787,412, granted 1905

Seventeen years of the wireless dream

Every design in the drop is a real, granted patent. Here they are in the order Tesla received them, from the coil that made it possible to the tower it was all building toward.

  1. 1897

    The Flat Spiral

    U.S. Patent 593,138

  2. 1898

    The Teleautomaton

    U.S. Patent 613,809

  3. 1900

    The Upper Air

    U.S. Patent 645,576

  4. 1901

    The Cold Circuit

    U.S. Patent 685,012

  5. 1903

    The Secret Signal

    U.S. Patent 725,605

  6. 1905

    Waves in the Earth

    U.S. Patent 787,412

  7. 1914

    The Tower

    U.S. Patent 1,119,732

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Are these real patent drawings?

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