02994nam 2200721Ia 450 991082311270332120200520144314.00-262-25812-91-282-69440-597866126944000-262-25870-69786612694400(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)99256000000000712920090318d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEngineering invention Frank J. Sprague and the U.S. electrical industry /Frederick Dalzell ; foreword by W. Bernard Carlson ; afterword by John Sprague1st ed.Cambridge, MA MIT Press20091 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 StatesBiographyElectrical engineersUnited StatesBiographyElectric utilitiesUnited StatesHistory20th centuryInventorsElectrical engineersElectric utilitiesHistory621.3092BDalzell Frederick1712315MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823112703321Engineering invention4104339UNINA