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Klein, Maury, 1939-
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Inventions -- United States -- History.
Inventors -- United States -- History.
Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
Force and energy -- History.
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The power makers : s...
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The power makers : steam, electricity, and the men who invented modern America / Maury Klein.
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Klein, Maury, 1939-
New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2009.
Subjects
Inventions -- United States -- History.
Inventors -- United States -- History.
Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
Force and energy -- History.
ISBN:
9781596916777 (pbk.) :
159691677X (pbk.)
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xiii, 543 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports., facs. ; 21 cm.
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Pbk. ed.
Contents:
A show of power : Philadelphia 1876 -- The machine that changed the world -- Conquering the waters -- The greatest engine of all -- In search of the mysterious ether -- Let there be light -- A covey of competitors -- The light dawns -- The Pearl Street system -- The cowbird, the plugger, and the dreamer -- The alternative system -- Eventful currents -- Gaining traction -- Competition and electrocution -- Money, mergers, and motors -- A show of lights : Chicago 1893 -- The Niagara fallout -- Hard times -- The future arrives -- Mastering the mysteries of distribution -- The empire of energy -- A show of possibilities : New York 1939.
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