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In popular culture, Thompson and Dundy's killing of Topsy has switched attribution, with claims it was an anti-alternating current demonstration organized by Thomas A. Edison during the war of the currents. Edison was never at Luna Park and the electrocution of Topsy took place ten years after the war of currents. [2]
In popular culture, Thompson and Dundy's execution of Topsy has switched attribution, with narratives claiming the film depicts an anti-alternating current demonstration organized by Thomas A. Edison during the war of the currents waged against his competitor, George Westinghouse. This is a popular misconception.
The war of the currents was a series of events surrounding the introduction of competing electric power transmission systems in the late 1880s and early 1890s. It grew out of two lighting systems developed in the late 1870s and early 1880s; arc lamp street lighting running on high-voltage alternating current (AC), and large-scale low-voltage direct current (DC) indoor incandescent lighting ...
The electrocution of Topsy the Elephant was not an anti-alternating current demonstration organized by Thomas A. Edison during the war of the currents. Edison was never at Luna Park, and the electrocution of Topsy took place ten years after the war of currents. [93]
The Current War [a] is a 2017 American historical drama film inspired by the 19th-century competition between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse over which electric power delivery system would be used in the United States (often referred to as the "war of the currents").
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The Topsy electrocution is widely described as being fallout from the War on Currents, so we should tell the reader about it. Scorch's Smithsonian article is good; below I am listing a few more. Binksternet ( talk ) 01:09, 26 June 2014 (UTC) [ reply ]
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