Direct-current (DC) electrical transmission system. DC electrical transmission was championed by Thomas Edison in the late 1800s. Alternating-current (AC), meanwhile, was backed by George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla. AC eventually won the so-called War of Currents. In one infamous attempt to showcase the alledged superiority of DC, Edison employees used DC current to electrocute a circus elephant that had earlier killed three people. Edison employees captured the event on a motion picture camera Edison had invented.
The last of which sort of antiquated system was shut down in New York City today in 2007?
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Direct-current (DC) electrical transmission system. DC electrical transmission was championed by Thomas Edison in the late 1800s. Alternating-current (AC), meanwhile, was backed by George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla. AC eventually won the so-called War of Currents. In one infamous attempt to showcase the alledged superiority of DC, Edison employees used DC current to electrocute a circus elephant that had earlier killed three people. Edison employees captured the event on a motion picture camera Edison had invented.
Direct-current (DC) electrical transmission system. DC electrical transmission was championed by Thomas Edison in the late 1800s. Alternating-current (AC), meanwhile, was backed by George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla. AC eventually won the so-called War of Currents. In one infamous attempt to showcase the alledged superiority of DC, Edison employees used DC current to electrocute a circus elephant that had earlier killed three people. Edison employees captured the event on a motion picture camera Edison had invented.
