[SB018041b], Clipping, New York Herald, November 25th, 1888
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- Title
- [SB018041b], Clipping, New York Herald, November 25th, 1888
- Bibliographic Citation
- "Surer Than the Rope: Demonstration of Capital Punishment by Electricity", New York Herald, November 25th, 1888
- Editor's Notes
- TAE's lab in Orange was used to conduct experiments to try to figure out how much electricity would be needed to execute a human being. This is in accordance with a new electrical execution law. After describing the experiment, the articles categorizes alternating current, which was used in the experiment, to be the deadliest force known to science. It ensures readers that most of the electrictiy used in New York is not fatal.
- in Edison's lab, Harold P. Brown uses calfs to demonstrate punishment by electricity before Elbridge T. Gerry
- Author
- New York Herald
- Date
- 1888-11-25
- Type
- Clipping
- Folder ID
- SB018-F
- Microfilm ID
- 146:177
- Document ID
- SB018041b
- Publisher
- Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
- License
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Has Version
- Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 146
- Item sets
- [SB018-F] Cat. 1077