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Engineering Invention : Frank J. Sprague and the U. S. Electrical Industry.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The MIT Press SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (303 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262258708
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Engineering InventionDDC classification:
  • 621.3092
LOC classification:
  • TA140.S7 D35 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Motive Powers and Mechanisms -- 2 Getting Traction, 1884 to 1888 -- 3 Assessing Richmond -- 4 Restless and Rising -- 5 Fighting for Control -- 6 Elusive Control -- 7 Mainline Electrification -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: The technological breakthroughs and entrepreneurial adventures of Frank J. Sprague during the transformative years of the early electrical industry.
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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Motive Powers and Mechanisms -- 2 Getting Traction, 1884 to 1888 -- 3 Assessing Richmond -- 4 Restless and Rising -- 5 Fighting for Control -- 6 Elusive Control -- 7 Mainline Electrification -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index.

The technological breakthroughs and entrepreneurial adventures of Frank J. Sprague during the transformative years of the early electrical industry.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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