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Innovation as a Social Process: Elihu Thomson and the Rise of General Electric more books like this

by W Bernard Carlson, Professor Louis Galambos (Editor), Robert Gallmam (Editor)

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Elihu Thomson was a late-nineteenth-century American inventor who helped create the first electric lighting and power systems. One of the most prolific inventors in American history, Thomson was granted nearly 700 patents in a career spanning the 1880s to 1930s. His inventions included arc and incandescent lighting systems, alternating current ...

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Technology in World History more books like this

by W Bernard Carlson

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From the invention of the wheel to the mapping of the genome, technology has always been deeply intertwined with the course of human history. Now, this fascinating set explores the role technology has played in eighteen separate cultures in world history, and reveals the many ways people use technology to control their environment, express ...

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Engineering Invention: Frank J. Sprague and the U.S. Electrical Industry, 1880-1900 more books like this

by Frederick Dalzell, John Sprague (Afterword by), W Bernard Carlson (Foreword by)

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Over the course of a little less than twenty years, inventor Frank J. Sprague (1857-1934) achieved an astonishing series of technological breakthroughs--from pioneering work in self-governing motors to developing the first full-scale operational electric railway system--all while commercializing his inventions and promoting them (and himself as ...

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