1903: Thomas Edison stages his highly publicized electrocution of an elephant in order to demonstrate the dangers of alternating current, which, if it posed any immediate danger at all, was to ...

Thomas Edison – as a person – was never really “Above board”! He was at times unscrupulous and was more interested in personal gains than science and its advancement! He could go to any lengths to ...

On this very day 105 years ago Thomas Edison electrocuted an elephant meant to give rides and carry heavy items on Coney Island...all in the name of science! His science. He came to Coney to prove ...

The elephant in the room, is, well, in this case, the elephant in the room. The room in question is National Statuary Hall, the old House chamber in the U.S. Capitol. The elephant is a dead circus ...

I might have been a little more enthused about the statue of Thomas Edison being proposed for the U.S. Capitol building if the Ohio-born inventor hadn’t offed an elephant. Apparent animal cruelty can ...

In 1903, on Brooklyn''s Coney Island, Thomas Edison electrocuted an elephant. Moreover, he filmed it, for all to witness. Based on historic accounts, Edison''s Elephant explores the life and death of ...

Topsy the elephant was innocent! In a tale that interweaves the electrocution of a gentle giant with the electrification of America and the rise of the big top circus, “Topsy,” by Michael Daly, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. One of the earliest prototypes of Thomas Edison's electric chair was controversially tested on a number of animals, including a circus elephant ...