Nikola Tesla · every age

What was Nikola Tesla doing at 77?

Arrived in America broke at 28, left the world AC power

1. c. 1934

   Moved to the Hotel New Yorker; Westinghouse paid his rent

   Plus a month, framed as a consulting fee to spare his pride.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org
2. c. 1934

   Announced a death ray he said would end all war

   At his 78th birthday press conference; he never explained how it worked.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

Portrait: Photo: Unknown, c. 1890, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source