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The power makers : steam, electricity, and the men who invented modern America / Maury Klein.

by Klein, Maury, 1939-

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New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2009.

Inventions -- United States -- History.

Inventors -- United States -- History.

Inventors -- United States -- Biography.

Force and energy -- History.

9781596916777 (pbk.) :

159691677X (pbk.)

xiii, 543 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports., facs. ; 21 cm.

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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