Edison, Tesla and a New Steam Man | Chrononauts Episode 21.1

Concerning matters pertaining to the Construction of an Inventor, from whom vars. Creations are developed in most ingenious Fashions, and the several Instances we are able find of Such in those not altogether pleasant Publications which are Most-oft found by Rail. Timestamps: Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla background (0:00) The Edisonade, Luis Senarens - "Frank Reade Jr., and His New Steam Man, or the Young Inventor's Trip to the Far West" (1892?) (30:14) Bibliography: Backstory Radio, conversation with Paul Israel and Bernard Carlson, 2018 https://www.backstoryradio.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2018/03/2_23_FirstDraft_MASTER_1.pdf Bleiler, Everett F. - "Science Fiction: The Early Years: A Full Description of More Than 3,000 Science Fiction Stories", 1990 Canavan, Gerry, and Link, Eric Carl  - "The Cambridge History of Science Fiction", 2019 Carlson, Bernard - "Tesla: Inventor of the Electrical Age", 2015 Israel, Paul - "Edison: A Life of Invention", 2000 Nevins, Jess - "The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana", second ed. 2020 Stross, Randall E. - "The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World", 2008 Music: "Electric Schottisch", composed by Jean Richter, 1872, https://www.loc.gov/item/sm1872.11807/