Nikola Tesla · every age

What was Nikola Tesla doing at 48?

Arrived in America broke at 28, left the world AC power

1. c. 1905

   Wardenclyffe stalled; he mortgaged it to pay his hotel bill

   Investors had gone to Marconi and the press called the tower a hoax.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

Portrait: Photo: Unknown, c. 1890, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source