Engineering invention : Frank J. Sprague and the U.S. electrical industry /

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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dalzell, Frederick
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2010.
Temas:
Sprague, Frank J. > (Frank Julian), > 1857-1934.
Sprague, Frank J. > (Frank Julian), > 1857-1934
1900-1999
Inventors > United States > Biography.
Electric utilities > United States > History > 20th century.
Electrical engineers > United States > Biography.
Inventeurs > États-Unis > Biographies.
Services publics d'électricité > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Ingénieurs électriciens > États-Unis > Biographies.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Electrical.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
Electric utilities
Electrical engineers
Inventors
United States
BUSINESS/Management
HUMANITIES/Biography & Autobiography
ENGINEERING/Electrical Engineering
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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