The Lost Voice of Mark Twain Mark Twain was fascinated by new technology. He penned a few works of science fiction, one of which had a system of long-distance communication reminiscent of the Internet. He wasn’t a true science nerd, but he was an inventor. Twain actually created the device that would later become the bra strap. And his love of new technology made him gravitate towards two of the greatest minds of his day: Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. At the time, Edison had been experimenting with the phonograph as a way to record the voice of authors. A public speaker as well as an writer, Twain liked the idea. He dictated one of his novellas into the machine, but he wasn’t impressed with the results. While Edison applauded the invention for capturing a speaker’s tone and rhythm, Twain said it warped his voice into a monotonous rant that sounded diabolical. Nevertheless, Twain made a recording of his notorious voice for posterity. Unfortunately, the wax cylinders that held it were lost. Despite his misgivings about the machine, Twain made one more recording in 1909, but it too was lost when Edison’s lab burned down in 1914. Still, while Twain’s voice has been lost to the grave, one short silent film of him survives. Edison had been dabbling with motion pictures as well. The inventor had his own studio and, aside from producing an adaptation of his friend’s The Prince and the Pauper, he also filmed Twain at his Connecticut home. It is the only footage of Mark Twain in existence. Below is the aforementioned footage of Mark Twain. For those of you who dont know who Mark Twain is he was a very famous author, known for such works as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. He is also the subject of a freaky as shit clay animation involving Satan, the link to which I shall post as a comment. - Malum
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 20:38:46 +0000
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