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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453910703321

Autore

Schiffer Michael B

Titolo

Power struggles [[electronic resource] ] : scientific authority and the creation of practical electricity before Edison / / Michael Brian Schiffer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008

ISBN

0-262-29299-8

0-262-28312-3

1-4356-6290-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (433 p.)

Disciplina

621.30973

Soggetti

Electrical engineering - United States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-414) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Laying the foundation for Thomas Edison, the first electric generators were built in the 1830's, the earliest commercial lighting systems before 1860, and the first commercial application of generator-powered light in the early 1860's. This book examines some of these early applications of electricity.