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

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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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The MIT Press
0262292998 / 9780262292993
Ebook
21/01/2011
English
415 pages