“I love to revel in philosophical matters – especially astronomy. I study astronomy more than any other foolishness there is. I am a perfect slave to it. I am at it all the time. I have got more smoked glass than clothes. I am as familiar with the stars as the comets are. I know all the facts and figures and I have all the knowledge there is concerning them. I yelp astronomy like a sun-dog, and paw the constellations like Ursa Major.
~ Mark Twain
OK, so he hung out with Tesla and Edison. Now this… Could Mark Twain have had a pre-radio case of The Knack?
I live a few miles away from Shoreham, (site of Tesla’s Wardenclyffe Tower), these days. Maybe the Mark Twain assocation has something to do with HuckFinn Lane being just a few blocks down from Tesla Street. map: http://goo.gl/nIGVp