The Resource Empires of light : Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the race to electrify the world, Jill Jonnes
Empires of light : Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the race to electrify the world, Jill Jonnes
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- Summary
- A chronicle of scientific history recounts the race among inventor Thomas Edison, eccentric genius Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse, a tough entrepreneur and powerful empire builder, to bring electricity to the world
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xiv, 416 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Contents
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- List of scientific diagrams
- Introduction
- 1. "Morgan's house was lighted up last night"
- 2. "Endeavor to make it useful"
- 3. Thomas Edison : "the wizard of Menlo Park"
- 4. Nikola Tesla : "our Parisian"
- 5. George Westinghouse : "he is ubiquitous"
- 6. Edison declares war
- 7. "Constant danger from sudden death"
- 8. "The horrible experiment"
- 9. 1891 : "fear everywhere of worse to come"
- 10. The World's Fair : "the electrician's ideal city"
- 11. Niagara power : "what a fall of bright-green water!"
- 12. "Yoked to the cataract!"
- 13. Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Photograph credits
- Index
- Isbn
- 9780375507397
- Label
- Empires of light : Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the race to electrify the world
- Title
- Empires of light
- Title remainder
- Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the race to electrify the world
- Statement of responsibility
- Jill Jonnes
- Subject
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- Competition -- United States
- Edison, Thomas A., (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
- Edison, Thomas A., (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
- Electric power
- Electric power -- History
- Electrical engineering
- Electrical engineering -- History
- Electrification
- Competition
- History
- Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943
- Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943
- United States
- Westinghouse, George, 1846-1914
- Westinghouse, George, 1846-1914
- Electrification -- History
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A chronicle of scientific history recounts the race among inventor Thomas Edison, eccentric genius Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse, a tough entrepreneur and powerful empire builder, to bring electricity to the world
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1952-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Jonnes, Jill
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Edison, Thomas A.
- Tesla, Nikola
- Westinghouse, George
- Edison, Thomas A.
- Tesla, Nikola
- Westinghouse, George
- Electrical engineering
- Electrification
- Electric power
- Competition
- Competition
- Electric power
- Electrical engineering
- Electrification
- United States
- Label
- Empires of light : Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the race to electrify the world, Jill Jonnes
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-377) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- List of scientific diagrams -- Introduction -- 1. "Morgan's house was lighted up last night" -- 2. "Endeavor to make it useful" -- 3. Thomas Edison : "the wizard of Menlo Park" -- 4. Nikola Tesla : "our Parisian" -- 5. George Westinghouse : "he is ubiquitous" -- 6. Edison declares war -- 7. "Constant danger from sudden death" -- 8. "The horrible experiment" -- 9. 1891 : "fear everywhere of worse to come" -- 10. The World's Fair : "the electrician's ideal city" -- 11. Niagara power : "what a fall of bright-green water!" -- 12. "Yoked to the cataract!" -- 13. Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Photograph credits -- Index
- Control code
- ocm50670461
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xiv, 416 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780375507397
- Lccn
- 2002031866
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Empires of light : Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the race to electrify the world, Jill Jonnes
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-377) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- List of scientific diagrams -- Introduction -- 1. "Morgan's house was lighted up last night" -- 2. "Endeavor to make it useful" -- 3. Thomas Edison : "the wizard of Menlo Park" -- 4. Nikola Tesla : "our Parisian" -- 5. George Westinghouse : "he is ubiquitous" -- 6. Edison declares war -- 7. "Constant danger from sudden death" -- 8. "The horrible experiment" -- 9. 1891 : "fear everywhere of worse to come" -- 10. The World's Fair : "the electrician's ideal city" -- 11. Niagara power : "what a fall of bright-green water!" -- 12. "Yoked to the cataract!" -- 13. Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Photograph credits -- Index
- Control code
- ocm50670461
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- xiv, 416 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780375507397
- Lccn
- 2002031866
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- Competition -- United States
- Edison, Thomas A., (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
- Edison, Thomas A., (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931
- Electric power
- Electric power -- History
- Electrical engineering
- Electrical engineering -- History
- Electrification
- Competition
- History
- Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943
- Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943
- United States
- Westinghouse, George, 1846-1914
- Westinghouse, George, 1846-1914
- Electrification -- History
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