Some Obscurish facts
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Professor Nikola Tesla, a well-known figure who, at the turn of the 20th century developed some amazing electrical gadgetry, was very interested in very high-frequency alternating current (AC), when most of the other inventors were working with direct current (DC). Most of Tesla's inventions never got allowed to be used. One of his particularly interesting concepts was a different system of delivering electricity than what we use today. We tend to plug things in, when we want them to work. He was into charging the atmosphere in a room with lots of high-frequency power, so that you could simply hold a light bulb and it would glow. He did it, and demonstrated free-standing light bulbs many times. There are several eyewitnesses including Mark Twain and George Westinghouse who also saw Dr. Tesla hold balls of lightning in his bare hands
Professor Nikola Tesla, a well-known figure who, at the turn of the 20th century developed some amazing electrical gadgetry, was very interested in very high-frequency alternating current (AC), when most of the other inventors were working with direct current (DC). Most of Tesla's inventions never got allowed to be used. One of his particularly interesting concepts was a different system of delivering electricity than what we use today. We tend to plug things in, when we want them to work. He was into charging the atmosphere in a room with lots of high-frequency power, so that you could simply hold a light bulb and it would glow. He did it, and demonstrated free-standing light bulbs many times. There are several eyewitnesses including Mark Twain and George Westinghouse who also saw Dr. Tesla hold balls of lightning in his bare hands