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The Real Tesla

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This is a photo of Nikola Tesla with his magnifying transmitter in his Colorado lab, back in 1899. His experiments had a lot to do with what he called “The Tesla Coil”. The Tesla Coil was considered a mainstay in his experiments, and by running a wire connected to the resonator around his lab, he was able to permeate the space with electromagnetic energy. The effect was so great that the could light a bulb in his hand because the voltage drop through the air was great enough to cause a sufficient current flow. Other pictures of his friend and patron Mark Twain holding a similar lit bulb can be seen online as well.