Edison & the electric chair : a story of light and death / Mark Essig.
Pubblicazione:
New York : Walker, 2003.
Descrizione fisica:
358 p. : ill., ritr. ; 22 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Prologue: Edison on the witness stand. 1. Early sparks 2. The inventor 3. Light 4. Electricity and life 5. Down to the last penny 6. Wiring New York 7. The hanging ritual 8. The death penalty commission 9. George Westinghouse and the rise of alternating current 10. The electrical execution law 11. A desperate fight 12. Criminal economy 13. Condemned 14. Showdown 15. The unmasking of Harold Brown 16. Pride and reputation 17. The electric wire panic 18. Designing the electric chair 19. The conversion of William Kemmler 20. The first experiment 21. After Kemmler 22. The end of the battle of the currents 23. The age of the electric chair. Epilogue: The new spectacle of death. Acknowledgments. Notes. Art credits. Index
ISBN:
0802714064
Discipline:
Ingegneria elettrotecnica e delle comunicazioni--Persone.
