The author of this paper on lightning must think highly of himself. The third paragraph starts "This ingenious author, from a great variety of curious and well-adapted experiments...." It's very interesting to read.

http://www.journals.royalsoc.ac.uk/openurl.asp?genre=article&issn=0260-7085&volume=47&spage=202

root: http://www.pubs.royalsoc.ac.uk/archive

Considering that the author in question is Benjamin Franklin, I don’t think calling him a scientific genius is too far of a stretch, do you?

But it's so gaudy to refer to oneself as a genius, unless you happen to be one like me! ;) :D