The problem of increasing human energy (1900) [pdf]

Re:The problem of increasing human energy (1900) [pdf] by zoroaster on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @09:35PM (#22176679)

This line of his haunts me:

"I wish much to tell you on this occasion - I may say I actually burn for desire of telling you - what electricity really is, but I have very strong reasons, which my coworkers will best appreciate, to follow a precedent established by a great and venerable philosopher, and I shall not dwell on this purely scientific aspect of electricity."

What is electricity?

https://www.pbs.org/tesla/res/res_art04.html

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Re:The problem of increasing human energy (1900) [pdf] by jamest168 on Saturday February 01, 2020 @09:24AM (#22210632)

I just read his speech that he gave in Buffalo in 1897 on Thursday 1/30/2020. And I was enamored with everything else he said--was remarking that he is my new 'spirit animal' to a friend:) But when I read what he said "I actually burn for desire of telling you" I said the same thing!!! When I wrote about it I used the same word as you--haunts. The reason my research brought me there made the sentence even more intriguing...

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