Why are you hiding the fact this was all because of Eddison? FRICK EDDISON AND FRICK DC CURRENT
Fake news, it was a routine execution because the elephant had killed someone. Edison just sent a cameraman to film it. It had nothing to do with electrical experiments.
>On January 4, 1903, Topsy was killed in front of 1,500 spectators at Coney Island's Luna Park by poisoning, followed by electrocution using an AC electrical current facilitated by electricians from a company bearing Thomas Edison's name, though Edison himself was not directly involved. History pretending that Edison and his investors and their agents weren't Robber Barron's in their dealings is silly.
His hatred of Tesla and AC is well documented. The electric chair exists because Edison wanted to show people the dangers of AC current, which was also hie competition.
>Thompson and Dundy's end-of-the-year plans to advertise the opening of their new park, by euthanizing Topsy in a public hanging and charging admission to see the spectacle, were prevented by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The event was instead limited to invited guests and press only and Thompson and Dundy agreed to use a more sure method of strangling the elephant with large ropes tied to a steam-powered winch with both poison and electrocution planned as backup, a measure supported by the ASPCA. On January 4, 1903, in front of a small crowd of invited reporters and guests, Topsy was fed carrots laced with 460 grams of potassium cyanide, electrocuted and strangled, the electrocution being the final cause of death
>Thompson and Dundy's end-of-the-year plans to advertise the opening of their new park, by euthanizing Topsy in a public hanging and charging admission to see the spectacle, were prevented by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The event was instead limited to invited guests and press only and Thompson and Dundy agreed to use a more sure method of strangling the elephant with large ropes tied to a steam-powered winch with both poison and electrocution planned as backup, a measure supported by the ASPCA. On January 4, 1903, in front of a small crowd of invited reporters and guests, Topsy was fed carrots laced with 460 grams of potassium cyanide, electrocuted and strangled, the electrocution being the final cause of death
>poisoned, electrocuted and then strangled
Was Topsy fricking the Czarina?
the frick did they do that for?
to find out what would happen
did the elephant wake up with electrical super powers or something
yeah
They were worried about that happening and killed it hours later when it started recovering.
spectacle
humiliation ritual
Edison wanted to show how dangerous AC was. He failed.
Fake news, it was a routine execution because the elephant had killed someone. Edison just sent a cameraman to film it. It had nothing to do with electrical experiments.
>On January 4, 1903, Topsy was killed in front of 1,500 spectators at Coney Island's Luna Park by poisoning, followed by electrocution using an AC electrical current facilitated by electricians from a company bearing Thomas Edison's name, though Edison himself was not directly involved. History pretending that Edison and his investors and their agents weren't Robber Barron's in their dealings is silly.
Ok Edison wasn't DIRECTLY involved, but, like, he invented the electrical current that they used so it's still his fault!
Why are you hiding the fact this was all because of Eddison? FRICK EDDISON AND FRICK DC CURRENT
It was among the inventors, real electricity shit. Edison was a made guy and topsy wasn't
>morons still think edison electrocuted this elephant because some stupid website and an episode of bobs burgers said
His hatred of Tesla and AC is well documented. The electric chair exists because Edison wanted to show people the dangers of AC current, which was also hie competition.
Hanging elephants is more cinematic
>Thompson and Dundy's end-of-the-year plans to advertise the opening of their new park, by euthanizing Topsy in a public hanging and charging admission to see the spectacle, were prevented by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The event was instead limited to invited guests and press only and Thompson and Dundy agreed to use a more sure method of strangling the elephant with large ropes tied to a steam-powered winch with both poison and electrocution planned as backup, a measure supported by the ASPCA. On January 4, 1903, in front of a small crowd of invited reporters and guests, Topsy was fed carrots laced with 460 grams of potassium cyanide, electrocuted and strangled, the electrocution being the final cause of death
It was a different time, you had to be there
>you can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the grim reaper
we deserve what's coming.
>poisoned, electrocuted and then strangled
Was Topsy fricking the Czarina?
why did they hate him so much?
He was a virulent racist.
he said the N word
he asked why a death camp would have a maternal ward
>PRÖÖÖ-ACK
Reminder that Tesla was a fraud and everyone who admires him is a redditor.
The Prestige isn't real, morons.
AC won, DC lost.
Get over it.
Literally 99.9% of everything electronic you use runs on DC. AC may have won the battle, but DC won the war.
And how are those 99.9% of DC devices powered?
with a battery, silly.
apples and oranges frickhead.
>hur dc won
Oh, what do all of those DC devices use to power their charging inverter? Oh yeah, AC.
The entire "war" was about carrying long distance power, which DC sucks at.
Edison was just a crybaby cuck b***h.
THEY'LL SAY AWW TOPSY AT MY AUTOPSY
>Foxy Grandpa and the Boys Electrocute An Elephant But It Fools Them