However, the stunt backfired, since it took so long to kill Kemmler that the safety of the AC circuit was proved once and for all.
The first one was custom-built for a man named William Kemmler and was designed by Thomas Edison, who hoped that the public would be scared into believing that a certain invention by George Westinghouse was a threat to human safety. However, the stunt backfired, since it took so long to kill Kemmler that the safety of the AC circuit was proved once and for all. FTP, name this once-popular execution device.
The first one was custom-built for a man named William Kemmler and was designed by Thomas Edison, who hoped that the public would be scared into believing that a certain invention by George Westinghouse was a threat to human safety.
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