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It will soon be possible to transmit wireless messages around the world so simply that any individual can carry and operate his own apparatus.

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Nikola Tesla
Age: 86 †
Born: 1856
Born: July 10
Died: 1943
Died: January 7
Electrical Engineer
Inventor
Mechanical Engineer
Physicist
Szmilján
Nicola Tesla
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