Thomas Edison famously tried to prove that AC current was more dangerous than his DC current. (Edison was pushing DC current for long distance transmission and as home electrical service.) To do this he electruted Topsy the elephant in front of an audience. When the AC current wouldn’t kill Topsy he switched to DC current and zapped her to death.
Although Edison was a complete ass, and did lasting damage to the world by teaming up with JP Morgan to extinguish Nikola Tesla’s work, he wasn’t the one who electrocuted Topsy.
Although Edison was a complete ass, and did lasting damage to the world by teaming up with JP Morgan to extinguish Nikola Tesla’s work, he wasn’t the one who electrocuted Topsy.
Although Edison was a complete ass, and did lasting damage to the world by teaming up with JP Morgan to extinguish Nikola Tesla’s work, he wasn’t the one who electrocuted Topsy.
I mean… if you use DC digitally (I.e turning it on and off making it binary code), it really is a cleaner information transmission than AC. But I doubt that’s what Edison had in mind.
Thomas Edison famously tried to prove that AC current was more dangerous than his DC current. (Edison was pushing DC current for long distance transmission and as home electrical service.) To do this he electruted Topsy the elephant in front of an audience. When the AC current wouldn’t kill Topsy he switched to DC current and zapped her to death.
I don’t know that this one really counts. First, as stewie said, Edison didn’t electrocute Topsy (though he did film it).
But anyway, what “stupid prizez” did Edison win? An enormous pile of money and immortal fame and admiration?
Although Edison was a complete ass, and did lasting damage to the world by teaming up with JP Morgan to extinguish Nikola Tesla’s work, he wasn’t the one who electrocuted Topsy.
Although Edison was a complete ass, and did lasting damage to the world by teaming up with JP Morgan to extinguish Nikola Tesla’s work, he wasn’t the one who electrocuted Topsy.
Although Edison was a complete ass, and did lasting damage to the world by teaming up with JP Morgan to extinguish Nikola Tesla’s work, he wasn’t the one who electrocuted Topsy.
I mean… if you use DC digitally (I.e turning it on and off making it binary code), it really is a cleaner information transmission than AC. But I doubt that’s what Edison had in mind.