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The uses of electricity, from life-saving and the beauty business to the electric chair.

Bringing science to life. The uses of electricity, from the beauty business to the electric chair, featuring Edison and Tesla's battle over alternating current.

Bringing chemistry, physics and biology to life using real-life examples, 3D graphics and practical experiments.

The uses of electricity, from the beauty business to the electric chair, featuring the life-saving function of residual current devices and the battle between Edison and Tesla over the transmission of alternating current.

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