Power struggles : scientific authority and the creation of practical electricity before Edison / / Michael Brian Schiffer
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| Autore: |
Schiffer Michael B (Michael Brian), <1947->
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| Titolo: |
Power struggles : scientific authority and the creation of practical electricity before Edison / / Michael Brian Schiffer
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (433 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 621.30973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Electrical engineering - United States - History |
| Soggetto non controllato: | SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General |
| SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-414) and index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Power struggles |
| ISBN: | 0-262-29299-8 |
| 0-262-28312-3 | |
| 1-4356-6290-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910782139203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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