TESLA, NIKOLA. Autograph Letter, unsigned, to "Carl" concerning the vegetable composition of a bird food he was concocting with a table ofthe pro-tein value equivalent of vegetables such as leeks, hearts of cabbage, celery, lettuce hearts, etc. 2

TESLA, NIKOLA. Autograph Letter, unsigned, to "Carl" concerning the vegetable composition of a bird food he was concocting with a table ofthe pro-tein value equivalent of vegetables such as leeks, hearts of cabbage, celery, lettuce hearts, etc. 2 pages, folded 8vo sheet, HotelNew Yorker stationery; written in pencil. New York, 2 March 1942 E350/500 Carl was the sous chef at the Hotel New Yorker, where Tesla lived for many years. Tesla was a pigeon fancier; in 1942, aged 85 he hired boys to feed them in Bryant Park.