Tesla: The Life And Times Of An Electric Messiah - Plot & Excerpts
I wanted to have my shoes shined, something I considered below my dignity. Edison said: ‘Tesla, you will shine the shoes yourself and like it.’ He impressed me tremendously. I shined my shoes and liked it.Nikola Tesla Tesla was soon too busy to dwell on the shortcomings of the New World. The dynamos the Edison organization had installed on the SS Oregon, then the holder of the Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic passenger crossing, had broken down, delaying her sailing. Tesla immediately volunteered to make the repairs. He and his crew worked overnight and the Oregon set sail the following day for another record-breaking run.Returning to Edison’s Manhattan offices at 5 am, Tesla bumped into Charles Batchelor and Edison, who were just going home. According to Tesla, Edison said: ‘Here is our Parisian running around at night.’ They had met before in Paris and seem to have got on famously. Edison recalled:Oh, he’s a great talker, and, say, he’s a great eater too. I remember the first time I saw him.
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