with a 55 ton, 68 foot metal dome. He called the research site "Wardenclyffe." As Tesla was just getting started, investors were rushing to buy stock offered by the Marconi company. Supporters of the Marconi Company include his old adversary Edison. On December 12th, Marconi sent the first transatlantic signal, the letter "S," from Cornwall, England to Newfoundland. He did this with, as the financiers noted, equipment copied from Tesla's pending patents, but on a smaller scale. Thinking that government employees have betrayed his secrets to Marconi and Edison, Tesla becomes secretive, banning all government researchers and officials from his site, and refusing to publish his work.

1904: Tesla writes for the Electrical World, "The Transmission of Electrical Energy Without Wires," noting that the globe, even with its greatsize, responds to electrical currents like a small metal ball. Tesla declares to the press the completion of Wardenclyffe. He successfully transmits power into the earth and "reads" it at testing stations in Canada and Colorado.

1904: The Colorado Springs power company sues for electricity used at that experimental station. Tesla's Colorado laboratory is torn down and is sold for lumber to pay the $180 judgement; his electrical equipment is put in storage.

1905: Equipment is stolen from the Colorado location. Witnesses implicate 2 employees of George Westinghouse of Westinghouse Electric. They are arrested, post bond, and vanish. Neither are ever seen again. The equipment is never recovered.

1907: When commenting on the destruction of the French ship Iena, Tesla notes in a letter that he has built and tested remotely