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34 exercises. And also to Messrs. Rogner, who befriended me and taught me, and Pöschl, in whose masterfully conducted experiments I found great stimula- tion and fruitful knowledge. The other members of the Professorial Council unhesitatingly encouraged me and they, too, are alive in my grateful memory. Despite the sixty years that have elapsed, they all appear before my eyes undimmed as though in person. The old spirit still dwells in your halls of learn- ing. May your eminent, time-honoured and unsurpassed institute continue its work in ever-larger circles of activity throughout the coming centuries for pro- gress and the spread of science and for the benefi t of all humanity. Nikola Tesla Fig.: Nikola Tesla’s telegram of thanks on the occasion of his honorary doctoral graduation in 1937 (TU Graz Archive).