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

Publication Info.	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2010]
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Description	1 online resource (xii, 288 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note	Print version record.
Summary	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.
Contents	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
Subject	Sprague, Frank J. (Frank Julian), 1857-1934.
	Sprague, Frank Julian, 1857-1934.
	Sprague, Frank J. (Frank Julian), 1857-1934. (OCoLC)fst01733201
	Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
	Electric utilities -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Electrical engineers -- United States -- Biography.
	TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Electrical.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
	Electric utilities. (OCoLC)fst00905974
	Electrical engineers. (OCoLC)fst01728648
	Inventors. (OCoLC)fst00978052
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1900 - 1999
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Dalzell, Frederick. Engineering invention. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2010 9780262042567 (DLC) 2009011083 (OCoLC)317118185
Standard No.	9786612694400
ISBN	9780262258708 (electronic bk.)
	0262258706 (electronic bk.)

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