LEADER 04535nam 22007814a 450 001 9910463122703321 005 20211028014017.0 010 $a1-59734-584-9 010 $a0-520-93985-9 010 $a9786612358531 010 $a1-282-35853-7 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520939851 035 $a(CKB)2670000000355252 035 $a(EBL)224637 035 $a(OCoLC)475931641 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000906797 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12401345 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000906797 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10861228 035 $a(PQKB)11355858 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000141265 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11911813 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000141265 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10056586 035 $a(PQKB)11424289 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000055843 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC224637 035 $a(OCoLC)56025846 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30493 035 $a(DE-B1597)519291 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520939851 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL224637 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10062324 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235853 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000355252 100 $a20021226d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDraw the lightning down$b[electronic resource] $eBenjamin Franklin and electrical technology in the Age of Enlightenment /$fMichael Brian Schiffer, with the assistance of Kacy L. Hollenback and Carrie L. Bell 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (399 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-520-23802-8 311 0 $a0-520-24829-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 333-364) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tFigures --$tPreface --$t1. The Franklin Phenomenon --$t2. In the Beginning --$t3. A Coming of Age --$t4. Going Public --$t5. Power to the People --$t6. Life and Death --$t7. First, Do No Harm --$t8. An Electrical World --$t9. Property Protectors --$t10. A New Alchemy --$t11. Visionary Inventors --$t12. Technology Transfer: A Behavioral Framework --$tNotes --$tReferences Cited --$tIndex 330 $aMost of us know-at least we've heard-that Benjamin Franklin conducted some kind of electrical experiment with a kite. What few of us realize-and what this book makes powerfully clear-is that Franklin played a major role in laying the foundations of modern electrical science and technology. This fast-paced book, rich with historical details and anecdotes, brings to life Franklin, the large international network of scientists and inventors in which he played a key role, and their amazing inventions. We learn what these early electrical devices-from lights and motors to musical and medical instruments-looked like, how they worked, and what their utilitarian and symbolic meanings were for those who invented and used them. Against the fascinating panorama of life in the eighteenth century, Michael Brian Schiffer tells the story of the very beginnings of our modern electrical world. The earliest electrical technologies were conceived in the laboratory apparatus of physicists; because of their surprising and diverse effects, however, these technologies rapidly made their way into many other communities and activities. Schiffer conducts us from community to community, showing how these technologies worked as they were put to use in public lectures, revolutionary experiments in chemistry and biology, and medical therapy. This story brings to light the arcane and long-forgotten inventions that made way for many modern technologies-including lightning rods (Franklin's invention), cardiac stimulation, xerography, and the internal combustion engine-and richly conveys the complex relationships among science, technology, and culture. 606 $aElectrical engineering$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aElectricity$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aEnlightenment 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aElectrical engineering$xHistory 615 0$aElectricity$xHistory 615 0$aEnlightenment. 676 $a621.3/0973/09033 700 $aSchiffer$b Michael B$0207946 701 $aHollenback$b Kacy L$01032621 701 $aBell$b Carrie L$01032622 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463122703321 996 $aDraw the lightning down$92450591 997 $aUNINA