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I am surprised. Samuel Clemens was a good friend of Nikola Tesla, so I am surprised he was around Edison. I forget the timing of Clemens' friendship with Tesla,
by bmitc 3y ago
I am surprised. Samuel Clemens was a good friend of Nikola Tesla, so I am surprised he was around Edison. I forget the timing of Clemens' friendship with Tesla, though I thought it was much earlier than this.
- djur 3y agoTesla and Edison were rivals, but the idea that there was some deep personal animus between them isn't well supported. Tesla was awarded (and accepted) the Edison Medal in 1917, and he wrote a friendly (if also somewhat catty and critical) eulogy for Edison in 1931. By 1909 the Current Wars had been over for almost two decades and both men had moved on.
- h2odragon 3y agoThey might not hang around each other for fun, but Twain schmoozing with either or both of them fits right in. Attitudes about "all my friends must agree with each other and me" were different then.