Between Nikola Tesla and Rasputin...

...who would exit the ThunderDome...ALIVE ;0) __________________ Definitly Tesla! __________________ Tesla would kick @$$ __________________ ...Rasputin would just keep coming back for more. Tesla would do good unless he ran out of charge... ;0) __________________ What if you brought Faraday into the ring? He would sure dominate in a cage match!! __________________ Grigory Rasputin is without question one of the most scandalous figures in Russian history. This randy mystic from Siberia arrived in St. Petersburg in 1911 and within a few years had become one of the most influential men in government circles. His ability to remain in such a high position despite widely publicized bouts of drinking and womanizing is no doubt the source of tremendous envy among political figures around the world today. Rasputin's rise to preeminence was due to his close relationship with Nicholas II's wife, Alexandra. The heir to the throne, Alexis, suffered from hemophaelia, and only Rasputin could do what the top medical professors could not: he could stop the boy's bleeding. Because of this, Alexandra believed he was a holy man sent to protect Alexis and she kept him close by at all times, despite the fact that he rarely bathed. Rasputin is as famous for his death as he is for his life. At the end of 1916, a group of aristocrats in cahoots with the Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich (a cousin of Nicholas II) decided that Rasputin's influence had grown too great and that he had to be killed in order to save Russia. They lured him to the Yusupovsky Palace on the pretext that Prince Felix Yusupovsky would introduce Rasputin to his beautiful wife. Rasputin was led to the cellar and fed poisoned cakes and wine, but these did not affect him. Yusupovsky then shot the monk at point blank range and Rasputin collapsed on the floor. When Yusupov went to tell his fellow conspirators the good news, they sent him back to make sure he had done the job. On returning to inspect the body, Rasputin suddenly regained consciousness and started to throttle poor Yusupov, who needless to say was completely scared out of his wits. The Prince fled the cellar, screaming for help; when they returned Rasputin was gone. They found him in the yard crawling towards the gate and proceeded to shoot and bludgeon him. They then bound him and tossed him into the river. When Rasputin's body was found, his bonds were broken and his lungs were filled with water, showing that he didn't actually die until he was submerged in the frozen waters. ~~~ now for one night only he's back here to duke it out __________________ Nikola Tesla was born precisely at midnight on July 9, 1856, in the village of Smiljan, in the province of Lika in Croatia, Yugoslavia. Tesla discovered the principle of the rotating magnetic field which is the basis of most alternating-current technology, and is regarded as the genius who ushered in the age of electrical power. Tesla had an intuitive way of sensing scientific secrets, and using his inventive talents to prove and apply his hypotheses. After seeing the Gramme dynamo (which, operated in one direction is a generator, and when reversed, is an electric motor), Tesla visualized a rotating magnetic field, and then developed plans for an induction motor applying the concept. The induction motor would become the first step toward the successful use of alternating-current. Tesla immigrated to America in 1884, arriving in New York City with four cents in his pocket. He found employment with Thomas Edison in New Jersey, but differences in style between the two men soon lead to their separation. In 1885, George Westinghouse, founder of the Westinghouse Electric Company, bought patent rights to Tesla's system of alternating-current. The advantages of alternating-current over Edison's system of direct-current became apparent when Westinghouse successfully used Tesla's system to light the World Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893. Tesla established a laboratory in New York City in 1887. His experiments ranged from an exploration of electrical resonance to studies of various lighting systems. To counter fears of alternating-current, Tesla gave exhibitions in his laboratory in which he lighted lamps without wires by allowing electricity to flow through his body. When Tesla became a United States citizen in 1891, he was at the peak of his creative powers. He developed in rapid succession the induction motor, new types of generators and transformers, a system of alternating-current power transmission, fluorescent lights, and a new type of steam turbine. He also became intrigued with wireless transmission of power. In 1900, Tesla began construction on Long Island of a wireless broadcasting tower. The project was funded with $150,000 capital from financier J. Pierpont Morgan. The project was abandoned when Morgan withdrew his financial support. Tesla's work shifted to turbines and other projects, but his ideas remained on the drawing board due to a lack of funds. Tesla's notebooks are still examined by engineers in search of unexploited ideas. Tesla allowed himself few close friends, one of which was the writer Mark Twain, however, when he died in New York City on January 7, 1943, hundreds of admirers attended his funeral services, mourning the loss of a great genius. At the time of his death Tesla held over 700 patents. __________________ Who are these people, Nikola Tesla and Rasputin..., just curious. __________________ Seriously, if you put Tesla and Faraday in a match, it'd end up in a tie. Tesla would bust out his big coil, and Faraday would bust out his big cage. Faraday would just sit in his spherical cage and laugh as Tesla zaps the metal structure with thousands upon thousands of volts. hehe. i think the loser in that battle would be the power company! __________________ Quote: Originally posted by gotmilk Who are these people, Nikola Tesla and Rasputin... just curious. [Degeneration X] Oh you didn't know?? [/Degeneration X] __________________ Quote: Originally posted by gotmilk Who are these people, Nikola Tesla and Rasputin..., just curious. ;0) __________________ That is why you are an ensign and I am a Lieutenant (SEP) You really don't know GotMilk? Where did you go to school? Have you ever taken Physics or Chemistry. You just asked who is Albert Einstien. Hint, askjeeves.com before asking apex! Another hint, ever heard of the tesla coil? __________________ Quote: Originally posted by coleslaw Quote: Originally posted by gotmilk Who are these people, Nikola Tesla and Rasputin... just curious. [Degeneration X] Oh you didn't know?? [/Degeneration X] ...if they don't make a beer commercial about it, it just doesn't exist for some people (0; [Edited by for20 on 09-13-2000 at 06:04 PM] __________________ that's public schooling for you.