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Author:
Daly, MIchael, 1952-
Title:
Topsy [compact disc] : the startling story of the crooked tailed elehant, P.T. Barnum, and the American wizard, Thomas Edison / Michale Daly.
Format:
[compact disc]
Publisher:
AudioGo,
Copyright Date:
p2013
Description:
10 sound discs (11 hr, 30 min : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject:
Barnum, P. T.--(Phineas Taylor),--1810-1891
Edison, Thomas A.--(Thomas Alva),--1847-1931
Topsy (Elephant)
Elephants.
Circus animals.
Circus owners--Biography.
Inventors--Biography.
Circus--History.
Electrocution--Experiments.
Notes:
Ready by Mark Peckham.
Summary:
Describes how a circus elephant named Topsy was electrocuted in 1903 with 6,600 volts of alternating current as proof that it was much more dangerous than direct current in an ongoing dispute between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse.
ISBN:
1624606334
9781624606335
Locations:
CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

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