Tesla And Twain
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David J. Kent – Scientist, Traveler, Author, Abraham Lincoln Historian
And remember, Tesla was a genius but he was still a dude; so he wanted to show off some of this new cool shit to his friends. This is one of the first photos to ever use phosphorescent light to illuminate the subject.
Now, just as keen as Tesla was to show off his crazy new inventions, Mark Twain wanted to play with whatever new technology he could get his curious hands on. They were a perfect pair — a match made in a tempestuous heaven.
A few years ago electricians would have considered it quite remarkable, if indeed they do not now. The observer holds a loop of bare wire in his hands.
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The currents induced in the loop by means of the —resonating— coil over which it is held, traverse the body of the observer, and at the same time, as they pass between his bare hands, they bring two or three lamps held there to bright incandescence. Strange as it may seem, these currents, of a voltage one or two hundred times as high as that employed in electrocution, do not inconvenience the experimenter in the slightest. The extremely high tension of the currents which Mr. Clemens is seen receiving prevents them from doing any harm to him. In the past, Mark Twain had complained to Tesla about recurring bouts of constipation.
He was often backed-up like a drug mule with an ass stuffed full of cocaine condoms. What can I say? These were very different times.
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But this was no normal oscillating disc. Mark Twain leapt up on that oscillating disc faster than Tesla could say Calaveras County. Before the electrical genius turned on his electrical wonder machine, he warned his friend — he told him that whenever he indicated it was time for Twain to step away from the disc, it was time for him to step off.
Or a calamity could occur. Tesla tripped the switch. Electricity surged through cables. The disc began to vibrate. High tension voltage crackled in the air around Mark Twain.
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Just imagine that picture. As promised, it was a pleasing sensation. Mark Twain laughed and remarked how terribly good it all felt.
Many years after the Civil War he met and became close friends with Nikola Tesla. Two geniuses met in in a New York club for gentlemen who both visited. Check out my Goodreads author page. Connected by Fate , available for download on Amazon. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Mark Twain had worked on steamboats on the river for much of his younger years, first as a deckhand and then as a pilot. He has also written two e-books:
It felt so good, Twain began to dance around on the platform, his arms flailing and sweeping through the buzzing throb of electricity. One could say, Nikola Tesla watched his dear friend Mark Twain do the Humpty Dance inside that flashing electrical cocoon of the arcing high tension field. And that, my friends, is a really fucking funny moment in human history. Naturally, Mark Twain ignored him. He was basically tripping out on all the cascading vibrations rippling through his body.
And there it is. Twain actually had three patents of his own, for a type of alternative to suspenders, a history trivia game, and a self-pasting scrapbook. Many years after the Civil War he met and became close friends with Nikola Tesla. They became such good friends that Tesla felt comfortable playing a practical joke on him. One day Mark Twain dropped by the lab and Tesla decided to have a little fun. He asked Twain to step onto a small platform and then set the thing vibrating with his oscillator. Twain was thrilled by the gentle sensations running through his body.
Continuing to extol on the wonderful feeling for several more minutes Twain suddenly stopped talking. Looking pleadingly at Tesla he yelled:.
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Off Twain rushed to the restroom, embarrassed by his suddenly urgent condition. Tesla smiled; the laxative effect of the vibrating platform was well known to the chuckling laboratory staff. By the way, Mark Twain was also friends with Thomas Edison. And Edison filmed the only footage of Mark Twain currently in existence. The less-than-two-minute-long film would not win any Academy Awards for content or production value — its grainy images show Twain merely walking while smoking his cigar and eating lunch with his two daughters — but it has obvious cultural and historical significance.
Connected by Fate , available for download on Amazon. Click here for more posts here on Science Traveler about the connections between Lincoln and Tesla. Kent is the author of Lincoln: Below, we've got more vintage Twain including Twain topless , plus some choice Tesla picks: Comments 4 You can skip to the end and leave a response.
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Nikola Tesla (blurred at centre) performs an electrical experiment for writer Samuel Clemens (left), aka Mark Twain, and actor Joseph Jefferson. Discover the friendship between the great Mark Twain and eccentric inventor Nikola Tesla.
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