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  • Nikola Tesla and Samuel Cle...
    Stojiljkovic, Bratislav; Cucic, Dragoljub A.; Pajic, Zoran

    Mark Twain journal (1954), 10/2014, Letnik: 52, Številka: 2
    Journal Article, Magazine Article

    "6 In his reply7 dated 28 August, under "Industry" section, Clemens penned a candidate described as "The Wireless Man." Since Nikola Tesla was a vastly dominant figure in that area, it is highly likely that he was just the man Clemens had in mind when writing these lines. "48 Getting the correct high-frequency currents with multipole generators49 depended on the regularity of the rotation of certain mechanical parts and it often varied from case to case. ...the operation of his generators was based on the oscillatory, and not the rotational movement of the moving parts. According to her, the first one to visit Tesla was an English journalist called Chauncey McGovern, followed by Samuel Clemens and Joseph Jefferson;55 and the reference in her book implies that the experiment was reported on in McGovern's article published in May 1899.56 However, upon comparing the texts, at least two discrepancies emerge: firstly, O'Neill never mentioned McGovern or Jefferson; and secondly, McGovern's article was published only four years later and didn't contain a single word about Clemens, the mechanical oscillator, or the event. ...his work and further research were halted and the emergence of another momentous discovery prevented.