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- catalog abstract "Despite having been an avowed opponent of the death penalty, Edison threw his laboratory resources and reputation behind the creation of a very different sort of device--the electric chair.".
- catalog alternative "Edison and the electric chair".
- catalog contributor b12940360.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description "Despite having been an avowed opponent of the death penalty, Edison threw his laboratory resources and reputation behind the creation of a very different sort of device--the electric chair.".
- catalog description "Edison on the witness stand -- Early sparks -- The inventor -- Light -- Electricity and life -- "Down to the last penny" -- Wiring New York -- The hanging ritual -- The Death Penalty Commission -- George Westinghouse and the rise of alternating current -- The electrical execution law -- "A desperate fight" -- "Criminal economy" -- Condemned -- Showdown -- The unmasking of Harold Brown -- Pride and reputation -- The electric wire panic -- Designing the electric chair -- The conversion of William Kemmler -- The first experiment -- After Kemmler -- The end of the battle of the currents -- The age of the electric chair -- The new spectacle of death.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-340) and index.".
- catalog extent "358 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0802714064".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Walker & Company,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "364.66 21".
- catalog subject "Capital Punishment United States History.".
- catalog subject "Capital Punishment history United States.".
- catalog subject "Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931.".
- catalog subject "Electricity United States History.".
- catalog subject "Electricity history United States.".
- catalog subject "Electrocution United States History.".
- catalog subject "HV 8696 E78e 2003".
- catalog subject "HV8696 .E87 2003".
- catalog subject "History, 19th Century United States.".
- catalog subject "History, 20th Century United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Edison on the witness stand -- Early sparks -- The inventor -- Light -- Electricity and life -- "Down to the last penny" -- Wiring New York -- The hanging ritual -- The Death Penalty Commission -- George Westinghouse and the rise of alternating current -- The electrical execution law -- "A desperate fight" -- "Criminal economy" -- Condemned -- Showdown -- The unmasking of Harold Brown -- Pride and reputation -- The electric wire panic -- Designing the electric chair -- The conversion of William Kemmler -- The first experiment -- After Kemmler -- The end of the battle of the currents -- The age of the electric chair -- The new spectacle of death.".
- catalog title "Edison & the electric chair : a story of light and death / Mark Essig.".
- catalog title "Edison and the electric chair".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".