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Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 369 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes how a circus elephant named Topsy was electrocuted in 1903 with 6,600 volts of alternating current as proof that it was much more dangerous than direct current in an ongoing dispute between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse.
