Power struggles scientific authority and the creation of practical electricity before Edison

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...

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1. Verfasser: Schiffer, Michael B.
Format: E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press ©2008
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Zusammenfassung: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.
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ISBN:0262283123
1435662903
9780262283120
9781435662902
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9780262195829.001.0001