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Excerpt from the New York World Telegram, July 11, 1935 -

Nikola Tesla revealed that an earthquake which drew police and ambulances to the region of his laboratory at 48 E. Houston St., New York, in 1898, was the result of a little machine he was experimenting with at the time which "you could put in your overcoat pocket."

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Where did Nikola Tesla live?

Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljan, which is now part of Croatia. He spent much of his life living and working in the United States, particularly in cities like New York and Colorado Springs. Tesla also had residences in Paris and Prague during different periods of his life.


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