The Macabre Business War For The Electric Chair | The Chair

In 1880 two men, Edison and Westinghouse, were battling to provide electricity for America. Edison's system was low-voltage and dependable, Westinghouse's was unpredictable and potentially deadly. Edison volunteered his rival's Alternating Current system to power the first ever electric chair,...

49 min - How Things Work - Timeline - World History Documentaries

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