And became good friends!
Inventor and engineer Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943, blurred at center) performs an electrical experiment for writer Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain (left) and actor Joseph Jefferson , 1894.
Full story here.
Another interesting tidbit: In Virginia city at an old saloon, they have a table where both US Grant, and Mark Twain played poker (but not at the same time).
when Tesla died, the FBI brought in a professor to look over Tesla's journals.
ReplyDeleteThe professor was John G Trump. Donald's uncle. Taught at MIT for 30 years