000275785 000__ 01580cam\a2200301\a\45e0 000275785 001__ 275785 000275785 005__ 20210513103558.0 000275785 008__ 030425s2003\\\\nyua\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000275785 010__ $$a 2003052507 000275785 020__ $$a0802714064 000275785 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm52160004 000275785 035__ $$a275785 000275785 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dIG#$$dVTT$$dOCLCQ 000275785 043__ $$an-us--- 000275785 049__ $$aISEA 000275785 05000 $$aHV8696$$b.E87 2003 000275785 08200 $$a364.66$$221 000275785 1001_ $$aEssig, Mark,$$d1969- 000275785 24510 $$aEdison & the electric chair :$$ba story of light and death /$$cMark Essig. 000275785 2463_ $$aEdison and the electric chair 000275785 260__ $$aNew York :$$bWalker & Co.,$$c2003. 000275785 300__ $$a358 p. :$$bill. ;$$c22 cm. 000275785 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [297]-340) and index. 000275785 5050_ $$aEdison on the witness stand -- Early sparks -- The inventor -- Light -- Electricity and life -- "Down to the last penny" -- Wiring New York -- The hanging ritual -- The Death Penalty Commission -- George Westinghouse and the rise of alternating current -- The electrical execution law -- "A desperate fight" -- "Criminal economy" -- Condemned -- Showdown -- The unmasking of Harold Brown -- Pride and reputation -- The electric wire panic -- Designing the electric chair -- The conversion of William Kemmler -- The first experiment -- After Kemmler -- The end of the battle of the currents -- The age of the electric chair -- The new spectacle of death. 000275785 60010 $$aEdison, Thomas A.$$q(Thomas Alva),$$d1847-1931. 000275785 650_0 $$aElectrocution$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 000275785 85200 $$bgen$$hHV8696$$i.E87$$i2003 000275785 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:275785$$pGLOBAL_SET 000275785 938__ $$aIngram$$bINGR$$n0802714064 000275785 980__ $$aBIB 000275785 980__ $$aBOOK 000275785 994__ $$aE0$$bISE