Picture No | 10026952 |
Date | 6 August 1890 |
Description | KEMMLER ELECTRIC CHAIR |
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Murderer William Kemmler, at Auburn Prison, New York, gives Harold Brown's ELECTRIC CHAIR its first live test : it takes him 8 minutes to die - 'an awful spectacle' (N.Y.Times)
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Source | French science book |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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