Random sidenote about Tesla:
Before I was really familiar with Tesla as historical figure, I knew his name from a war sim from the previous decade: Command & Conquer: Red Alert. It's an alternate history SF WWII. Hitler's been removed from the equation before the war starts, so it's the Soviets vs. the Allies. By far the best structure in the game is the Tesla Coil, a defensive tower that can shoot bolts of electricity over an extremely long range and is pinpoint accurate. It doesn't do much against vehicles, but it's an instant kill against any kind of human unit.
Once, for fan, I fiddled around with the mission.ini file which, among other things, defines all the attributes of each unit in the game. I replaced the Grenadier's standard grenade weapon with a Tesla zap for a while, and it kept all of the Tesla zap's attributes including pinpoint accuracy and long range. He's still perform the same motions when he attacked, so he'd mime pulling out a grenade and throwing it, but a lightning bolt would fire out instead, and zap whatever he was targeting. That was one nasty unit, mobile lightning requiring no power station, one shot kill against humans. So much fun!