Engineering invention : Frank J. Sprague and the U.S. electrical industry / / Frederick Dalzell
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| Autore: |
Dalzell Frederick
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| Titolo: |
Engineering invention : Frank J. Sprague and the U.S. electrical industry / / Frederick Dalzell
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (303 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 621.3092 |
| B | |
| Soggetto topico: | Inventors - United States |
| Electric utilities - United States - History - 20th century | |
| Electrical engineers - United States | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | BUSINESS/Management |
| HUMANITIES/Biography & Autobiography | |
| ENGINEERING/Electrical Engineering | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Over 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Engineering invention |
| ISBN: | 0-262-25812-9 |
| 1-282-69440-5 | |
| 9786612694400 | |
| 0-262-25870-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910791291303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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