Electric Photo of Nikola Tesla, 1899

in History | March 21st, 2014 2 Comments

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Quite the shot: Niko­la Tes­la appears in a mul­ti­ple-expo­sure pho­to in 1899, while a Tes­la coil dis­charges mil­lions of volts.

Want to see more old sparks fly­ing? Here we have an image of Mark Twain, the lit­er­ary giant, tin­ker­ing in More Tes­la’s lab­o­ra­to­ry in 1894.

 

Relat­ed Con­tent:

Mark Twain Plays With Elec­tric­i­ty in Niko­la Tesla’s Lab (Pho­to, 1894)

Thomas Edi­son and Niko­la Tes­la Face Off in “Epic Rap Bat­tles of His­to­ry”

“Sweet Home Alaba­ma” Played on Tes­la Coils

How the Tes­la Mod­el S is Made: A Behind-the-Scenes Tour


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  • Kassahun says:
    June 19, 2017 at 4:22 am

    any­way he is unique and mys­te­ri­ous in the his­to­ry of mankind, but is he holy or evil? his inven­tions are the most para­dox
    K Mam­mo

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  • Kassahun says:
    June 19, 2017 at 4:32 am

    any­way he is unique and mys­te­ri­ous in the his­to­ry of mankind, but is he holy or evil? his inven­tions are the most para­dox, i met him some­where in this gigan­tic uni­verse, but i could not actu­al­ly remem­ber the par­tic­u­lar site where it was, it long time before WW‑I.
    K Mam­mo

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