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UNINA9910824287503321 |
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Autore |
Schiffer Michael B |
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Titolo |
Power struggles : scientific authority and the creation of practical electricity before Edison / / Michael Brian Schiffer |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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0-262-29299-8 |
0-262-28312-3 |
1-4356-6290-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (433 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electrical engineering - United States - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-414) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- 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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Laying the foundation for Thomas Edison, the first electric generators were built in the 1830s, the earliest commercial lighting systems before 1860, and the first commercial application of generator-powered light in the early 1860s. This book examines some of these early applications of electricity. |
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