Power Struggles : Scientific Authority and the Creation of Practical Electricity Before Edison.
Title:
Power Struggles : Scientific Authority and the Creation of Practical Electricity Before Edison.
Author:
Schiffer, Michael Brian.
ISBN:
9780262283120
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (433 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Studying Technological Change -- 2 Technological Transitions -- 3 Electromagnetism Revealed -- 4 An American Physicist -- 5 Telegraphic Visions -- 6 Mechanical Electricity -- 7 The Blacksmith's Motor -- 8 The Chemistry Connection -- 9 A Peculiar Calling -- 10 Hard Times -- 11 It's a Blast -- 12 "What Hath God Wrought!" -- 13 Magnetic Power Derailed -- 14 Humbug! -- 15 Action at a Distance -- 16 First Light -- 17 If at First You Don't Succeed . . . -- 18 A Thousand Points of Light -- 19 Machine-Age Electricity -- 20 A Beacon of Modernity -- 21 Enter Edison -- 22 New Light -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
The development of electrical technologies that laid the foundation for Edison's work: their invention, commercialization, and adoption.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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