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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Daly, Michael, 1952-
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Topsy (Elephant)
Circus animals.
Circus -- United States -- History.
Electrification -- History.
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Topsy : the startlin...
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Topsy : the startling story of the crooked-tailed elephant, P.T. Barnum, and the American wizard, Thomas Edison / Michael Daly.
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Daly, Michael, 1952-
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c2013.
Subjects
Topsy (Elephant)
Circus animals.
Circus -- United States -- History.
Electrification -- History.
ISBN:
9780802119049
0802119042
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viii, 369 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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First Edition.
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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.
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Hawaii State Library
Art, Music & Recreation
791.32092 Da
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