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050 4 _aTK23.S35 2008
082 0 _a621.30973
100 1 _aSchiffer, Michael Brian.
245 1 0 _aPower Struggles :
_bScientific Authority and the Creation of Practical Electricity Before Edison.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bMIT Press,
_c2008.
264 4 _c©2011.
300 _a1 online resource (433 pages)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aLemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation Series
505 0 _aIntro -- 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.
520 _aThe development of electrical technologies that laid the foundation for Edison's work: their invention, commercialization, and adoption.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aElectrical engineering -- United States -- History.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aSchiffer, Michael Brian
_tPower Struggles
_dCambridge : MIT Press,c2008
_z9780262195829
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aLemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation Series
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3338908
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999 _c81781
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