Nikola Tesla Books
and the gathered crowd became restless. It seemed like the whole ceremony was about to fail...
But this intrigued young Nikola, who had been observing from the sidelines to see what was happening. At that time, he was only in the second grade of elementary school. It suddenly dawned on him that the mistake wasn’t where they were looking for it, but on the other side, where the pipe was submerged in the water. He quickly went down to the river, pulled out the rubber hose, and showed those present that the hose was clogged!!...
Everyone present exclaimed with joy. The firefighters opened the valve, submerged it again in the water, and started pumping, a long and strong jet of water shot up and spread into the air. The celebration was general. Everyone admired the ingenuity of young Nikola. Some even carried him on their shoulders. The whole town of Gospić was only talking about his cleverness. He was the true hero of the day.
This clearly shows that even as a child, Tesla was already displaying his inventive abilities.
“The day is known by the morning.”
Live pictures of young Nikola.
Young Nikola, along with other children, experienced various events that took place in Smiljan and Gospić. Other children often didn’t pay attention to individual events, or if they were interested, they quickly forgot about them. But young Nikola was interested in every event. He kept reliving everything that happened in his consciousness for a long time. Even insignificant events, and just a word, would be enough for him to continue a whole series of images in his mind.
