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01677cam a2200301 a 4500 001 F6307DD06BFD11DEA13FF332A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20150520012456 008 070925s2008 maua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2007039865 020 $a 0262195828 (hardcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780262195829 (hardcover : alk. paper) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BAKER $d YDXCP $d UKM $d C#P $d BWX $d CDX $d IXA $d UPP $d JID $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a TK23 $b .S35 2008 100 1 $a Schiffer, Michael B. 245 1 $a Power struggles : $b scientific authority and the creation of practical electricity before Edison / $c Michael Brian Schiffer. 260 $a Cambridge, Mass. : $b The MIT Press, $c c2008. 300 $a xii, 420 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-414) and index. 505 0 $a Studying technological change -- Technological transitions -- Electromagnetism revealed -- An American physicist -- Telegraphic visions -- Mechanical electricity -- The blacksmith's motor -- The chemistry connection -- A peculiar calling -- Hard times -- It's a blast -- "What hath God wrought!" -- Magnetic power derailed -- Humbug! -- Action at a distance -- First light -- If at first you don't succeed-- -- A thousand points of light -- Machine-age electricity -- A beacon of modernity -- Enter Edison -- New light. 650 0 $a Electrical engineering $z United States $x History. 941 $a 3 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824083543.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20090806113132.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F6307DD06BFD11DEA13FF332A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search