Engineering invention Frank J. Sprague and the U.S. electrical industry

• Main Author: Dalzell, Frederick
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2010.
• Subjects: Sprague, Frank J. > (Frank Julian), > 1857-1934.; Sprague, Frank Julian, > 1857-1934.; 1900-1999; Inventors > United States > Biography.; Electric utilities > United States > History > 20th century.; Electrical engineers > United States > Biography.; United States.; elektronické knihy; electronic books

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.