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Old 05-24-07, 10:57 PM
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Originally Posted by nick burns
Westinghouse won. AC caught on. Edison was brilliant, but DC was just not as practical.
Edison went to great lengths to prove how unsafe AC was by showing that it could kill this unkillable elephant.
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