Comments on: SHORE THING https://davetrott.co.uk/2019/06/shore-thing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shore-thing Powered by The Barn Tue, 18 Jun 2019 14:49:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Phil https://davetrott.co.uk/2019/06/shore-thing/#comment-151510 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 14:49:47 +0000 http://davetrott.co.uk/?p=2205#comment-151510 At the end of the 19th Century, the US government was investigating the feasibility of execution by electricity (“electrocution”) and sought the advice of experts in the field. One expert recommended that the Alternating Current system developed by George Westinghouse would be perfectly lethal for the job. The expert in question was one Thomas Edison, Westinghouse’s direct competitor, whose Direct Current system became widely accepted due to its superior safety.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_currents#Execution_by_electricity

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