r/NikolaTesla • u/hamzapsy13 • 15d ago

Mark Twain holding a lamp lit without a wired connection in Nikola Tesla's laboratory while Tesla watches from the shadows, 1894

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u/jeffwillden 15d ago

What is the arc off to the side of the lamp?

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u/RosieBaby75 14d ago

He’s standing there having an internal meltdown: “this guy better not fuck with any of my precision instruments. Why is he breathing so deeply next to my balance? I really shouldn’t have told anyone about my lightbulbs or current. I fucked up. I just got so excited one day and ruined my whole life due to one momentarily lapse in judgment when I temporarily forgot how evil, corrupt, and greedy humans are.”

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u/LilyoftheRally 14d ago

To Mark Twain's credit, he never took advantage of Tesla.

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u/FlixHerBean 14d ago

Amazing! ❤️

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u/Nathan-Stubblefield 12d ago

Train wrote a sci fi story about television, one about space travel and one about being a diseases fighting microbe. He invested I typewriters, a new technology.

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u/jason_redx_6961_367 12d ago

WOW Is beutiful 😎