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February 26th, 2010, 00:40
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/340x_twaininteslaslab_01.jpgMark Twain (http://gizmodo.com/tag/marktwain/) and Nikola Tesla (http://gizmodo.com/tag/nikolatesla/): The most powerful of minds, and the best of friends (http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:gyr1wpBDGjwJ:www.ubnt.ni.ac.yu/tesla/teslaElePub/2000_Mark_Twain_and_Nikola_Tesla.pdf+nikola+tesla+ mark+twain&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESh-TFDn_b8T9tQw6WLgahgRYnuNTWJhd0pXyHrFZ_lnSlgG0XXucE DTVf5oCjOS98tOHVhXmwRHZpJuFsAWQmRdZEMYhMrEjzln8Cpo 7bM7TNINafLfEvXAQJGlJ9Nfhjk4a1sg&sig=AHIEtbQCZWOjJ8b2JgNPOyUJtNQztKCjbQ). Here, a captivated Sam Clemens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain) tests Tesla's inductively powered incandescent lamp. The mad scientist lurks in the background, like, well, a mad scientist.
It's not terribly surprising that the two men were friends, since they were both revered figures in Gilded Age New York City, but it's endlessly fascinating to read about how these two men came to be friends—essentially, as mutual fanboys (http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:gyr1wpBDGjwJ:www.ubnt.ni.ac.yu/tesla/teslaElePub/2000_Mark_Twain_and_Nikola_Tesla.pdf+nikola+tesla+ mark+twain&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESh-TFDn_b8T9tQw6WLgahgRYnuNTWJhd0pXyHrFZ_lnSlgG0XXucE DTVf5oCjOS98tOHVhXmwRHZpJuFsAWQmRdZEMYhMrEjzln8Cpo 7bM7TNINafLfEvXAQJGlJ9Nfhjk4a1sg&sig=AHIEtbQCZWOjJ8b2JgNPOyUJtNQztKCjbQ).
There's also a lesson to modern day science and tech luminaries: spend your famous friend currency wisely. [TheOpenEnd (http://theopenend.com/2009/08/14/mark-twain-in-nikola-teslas-lab/)]
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It's not terribly surprising that the two men were friends, since they were both revered figures in Gilded Age New York City, but it's endlessly fascinating to read about how these two men came to be friends—essentially, as mutual fanboys (http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:gyr1wpBDGjwJ:www.ubnt.ni.ac.yu/tesla/teslaElePub/2000_Mark_Twain_and_Nikola_Tesla.pdf+nikola+tesla+ mark+twain&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESh-TFDn_b8T9tQw6WLgahgRYnuNTWJhd0pXyHrFZ_lnSlgG0XXucE DTVf5oCjOS98tOHVhXmwRHZpJuFsAWQmRdZEMYhMrEjzln8Cpo 7bM7TNINafLfEvXAQJGlJ9Nfhjk4a1sg&sig=AHIEtbQCZWOjJ8b2JgNPOyUJtNQztKCjbQ).
There's also a lesson to modern day science and tech luminaries: spend your famous friend currency wisely. [TheOpenEnd (http://theopenend.com/2009/08/14/mark-twain-in-nikola-teslas-lab/)]
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