03035oam 2200733Ia 450 991079129130332120190503073351.00-262-25812-91-282-69440-597866126944000-262-25870-69786612694400(CKB)2560000000007129(EBL)3339079(SSID)ssj0000337254(PQKBManifestationID)11256533(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000337254(PQKBWorkID)10287886(PQKB)10082895(StDuBDS)EDZ0000130701(CaBNVSL)mat06267361(IDAMS)0b000064818b4357(IEEE)6267361(OCoLC)477856329(OCoLC)646839563(OCoLC)654327235(OCoLC)656509878(OCoLC)748590940(OCoLC)816568670(OCoLC)939263740(OCoLC)961543322(OCoLC)962640352(OCoLC)967259973(OCoLC)968288327(OCoLC)975244818(OCoLC)975298464(OCoLC)988507929(OCoLC)991915951(OCoLC)1055361591(OCoLC)1062915882(OCoLC)1081285449(OCoLC-P)477856329(MaCbMITP)7554(Au-PeEL)EBL3339079(CaPaEBR)ebr10340962(CaONFJC)MIL269440(OCoLC)939263740(MiAaPQ)EBC3339079(EXLCZ)99256000000000712920090318d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEngineering invention Frank J. Sprague and the U.S. electrical industry /Frederick DalzellCambridge, Mass. MIT Press20101 online resource (303 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-262-04256-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexOver 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.InventorsUnited StatesBiographyElectric utilitiesUnited StatesHistory20th centuryElectrical engineersUnited StatesBiographyBUSINESS/ManagementHUMANITIES/Biography & AutobiographyENGINEERING/Electrical EngineeringInventorsElectric utilitiesHistoryElectrical engineers621.3092BDalzell Frederick1552456OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910791291303321Engineering invention3812341UNINA