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Execution of Kemmler, the first man to die in the electric chair, USA, 6 August 1890. Artist: Unknown
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Title:
Execution of Kemmler, the first man to die in the electric chair, USA, 6 August 1890. Artist: Unknown
Caption:
Execution of Kemmler, the first man to die in the electric chair, Auburn Prison, USA, 6 August 1890. William Kemmler, a brute who chopped a woman to bits with an axe, was the first man to be executed by electrocution. Westinghouse generators were used, with alternating current. Three surges of current were needed. From La Science Illustree, (Paris, 1891).
Credit:
Album / Oxford Science Archive / Heritage Images
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Image size:
5098 x 3425 px | 50.0 MB
Print size:
43.2 x 29.0 cm | 17.0 x 11.4 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
19TH CENTURY • AC • ALTERNATING CURRENT • AMERICA • AMERICAN • ASSASSIN • AUBURN PRISON • AUBURN • AUDIENCE • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • CELL • CENTURY • COMPANY • CONCEPT • COUNTRY • CRIME • CRIMINAL • CROOK • CRUELTY • DEATH SENTENCE • DEATH • DELINQUENT • DUNGEON • ELECTRIC CHAIR • ELECTRICITY • ELECTROCUTED • ELECTROCUTION • EXECUTION • FIRST • GENERATOR • GRUESOME • GUY • HORRIBLE • HORRID • INDOORS • INDUSTRY • INSIDE • INTERIOR • KEMMLER • KILLER • LAW • LOCATION • MALE • MAN • MEN • MONOCHROMATIC • MONOCHROME • MURDER • MURDERER • NEW YORK • NINETEENTH CENTURY • PENITENTIARY • PEOPLE • PRISON CELL • PRISON • PRISONER • PUNISHMENT • SPECTATOR • TORMENTER • UNITED STATES OF AMERICA • UNITED STATES • USA • WESTINGHOUSE • WILLIAM KEMMLER • WILLIAM • WITNESS (MALE) • WITNESS (TO A SALE) • WITNESS
