Chris;
I think that reference might have been to the Biblical "Tower of Babel".
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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Subject: Re: [Land-speed] OT: Change of Pace in Subjects...
> didn't somebody build a big high tower once?
That would be Nicola Tesla, Jack, and the 'Wardenclyffe Tower built, but
never completed, on Long Island in the early 1900's. He'd demonstrated the
wireless transmission of an electrical current I believe.
Clever bloke who died totally broke. Was also the developer of the
alternating current principle.
Chris Harris.......................NZed.
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