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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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Main Author: Schiffer, Michael B. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Electrical engineering > United States > History.
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 420 pages) : illustrations
ISBN:9780262283120
0262283123
9781435662902
1435662903
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9780262195829.001.0001