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Autore |
Dalzell Frederick |
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Titolo |
Engineering invention : Frank J. Sprague and the U.S. electrical industry / / Frederick Dalzell |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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0-262-25812-9 |
1-282-69440-5 |
9786612694400 |
0-262-25870-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (303 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Inventors - United States |
Electric utilities - United States - History - 20th century |
Electrical engineers - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Over the course of less than 20 years, inventor Frank J Sprague (1857-1934) achieved an astonishing series of breakthroughs. Frederick Dalzell tells Sprague's story, setting it against the backdrop of one of the most dynamic periods in the history of technology. |
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