At the beginning of the 20th century, Nikola Tesla proposed using huge coils to transmit electricity through the troposphere to power homes.
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例如,著名的发明家尼古拉·特斯拉就曾经提出过从大气中捕获电流并加以应用的设想。
Famed inventor Nikola Tesla, for example, was among those who dreamed of capturing and using electricity from the air.
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到1890年,尼古拉·特斯拉论证出电磁波本身也能传输电能,并且和磁场相比传输距离要长得多。
By the 1890s, Nikola Tesla had demonstrated that not just magnetic fields but also electromagnetic waves themselves could transmit power-and over far greater distances.