[geeks] D'OH!

Bill Bradford mrbill at mrbill.net
Sun Feb 3 21:08:28 CST 2002


On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 10:04:29PM -0500, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> "Footage"?  The electrocution demonstrations of alternating current
> happened in 1888 and 1889.  Though Edison did claim to have thought of
> the kinetoscope in 1887, and though a model may have been built in 1889,
> it's almost impossible for anyone to have any "footage" of any but the
> fake kind of the electrocution demonstrations by Edison and Brown!

Uh, then whats in those links I posted earlier?  THe elephant electrocution
*was* filmed, and it is on the net.

Bill

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Bill Bradford
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