The Power Makers: Steam, Electricity, and the Men Who Invented Modern AmericaBloomsbury Publishing USA, 27. 5. 2008 - Počet stran: 543 The dramatic story of the "power revolution" that turned America from an agrarian society into a technological superpower, and the dynamic, fiercely competitive inventors and entrepreneurs who made it happen a riveting historical saga to rival McCullough's The Great Bridge or Larson's Thunderstruck. |
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Philadelphia 1876 | 1 |
The Machine That Changed the World | 14 |
Conquering the Waters | 30 |
The Greatest Engine of All | 51 |
In Search of the Mysterious Ether | 71 |
Let There Be Light | 98 |
A Covey of Competitors | 118 |
The Light Dawns | 136 |
Money Mergers and Motors | 279 |
Chicago 1893 | 300 |
The Niagara Fallout | 324 |
Hard Times | 345 |
The Future Arrives | 366 |
Mastering the Mysteries of Distribution | 395 |
The Empire of Energy | 417 |
New York 1939 | 444 |
The Pearl Street System | 159 |
The Cowbird the Plugger and the Dreamer | 177 |
The Alternative System | 201 |
Eventful Currents | 219 |
Gaining Traction | 239 |
Competition and Electrocution | 256 |
Electrical Circuits | 453 |
Notes | 457 |
Bibliography | 511 |
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