-Caveat Lector-
I can't swear to it, but I believe that Edison was not, in fact, the
inventor of the electric chair. I believe that I remember reading that
someone else was the inventor. I could be persuaded that I am in error about
this if someone would confirm that Edison was listed on a patent as the
inventor, but certainly not by a qoute from TV.
I will say that Edison probably was not unhappy to see its use. He was
trying to stop the use of AC in favor of his own system. However, I believe
that he confined his electrocuting activity to stray dogs and cats. And, I
am pretty certain that all on this list would prefer to be shocked by DC
rather than AC of similar watts.
"E Mael" has denigrated Edison on several occasions now. I wonder why he
is so bothered by a man who has been dead for all these years. I am sure
that Edison was a far from perfect man. However, his accomplishments were
very great and I believe that we all owe him a great debt. I wish that I
could accomplish a tenth of what he was able to accomplish.
Howard Davis
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>From: E Mael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [CTRL] nasty man
>Date: Mon, Jun 21, 1999, 6:55 AM
>
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> if this is true edison made a killing machine to malign a business rival's
> product. apparently he had gotten used to having his way; maybe he took a
> lot of pride in it. the system would have us believe that he was the
> kindly old bespectacled, so-called "father of invention"; when he was more
> like a money grubbing, greedy, "f*ck you if you don't like it", in your
> face, rip off artist and a very fine example of the best capitalism can
> produce. who can, in the historical sense, go to hell. how many more of
> these icons that the system puts before us as exemplifying "the best of
> humanity" are also weasels worthy only of contempt.
>
> i remember when i was a kid there were still remnants of this media
> campaign against a.c. i remember being confused and thinking that if a.c.
> was that much more dangerous that d.c. was not a killer. it is a good
> thing that i did not try putting this into practice because a person can
> be just as dead with either a.c. or d.c. thank you mr. edison for the
> error.
>
> chris
>
> "The electric chair, which runs on A.C. (alternating current), was
> invented by Thomas Edison, due to his 'rivalry' with Mr. Westinghouse.
> Apparently, Edison was a big proponent of D.C. (direct current), but
> Westinghouse thought a lot of A.C. So, Edison invented the Electric Chair
> and wired it for A.C. so that the public would think that A.C. was a
> 'killer'! It didn't work, and today, we have both A.C. and D.C. [Source:
> History Channel]"
>
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