Just got off the phone with the author and he doesn't see any indication Tesla was onto the vector potential -- which Maxwell called "electrokinetic momentum".
BTW: He says Maxwell made no bones about the physical reality of electrokinetic momentum -- he was quite clear it was physical. On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > November 1922 interview in *Radio News*: > > Question : Will not wireless transmission of energy result in time in the > moving of practically all means of transportation with electrical energy > from central power stations? > > MR. TESLA : No, I do not expect that such will be the case, for the > transportation systems now used present certain important practical > advantages which cannot be disregarded. > > Question: Will not automobiles, for instance, be operated merely by the > operative "cutting in" on electrical energy supplied by wireless from power > stations? > > MR. TESLA : I fear we shall not live to see the wireless system in general > use for this purpose. It is difficult to propel an automobile by the new > method for reasons with which experts are familiar. Success can be much > more easily achieved in the case of airships. > > > > …. Well… substitute “drone” for “airship”, and this comment is possibly > relevant today… > > Jones > > >
