Draw the lightning down : Benjamin Franklin and electrical technology in the Age of Enlightenment /...
Draw the lightning down : Benjamin Franklin and electrical technology in the Age of Enlightenment /...
Draw the lightning down : Benjamin Franklin and electrical technology in the Age of Enlightenment / Michael Brian Schiffer, with the assistance of Kacy L. Hollenback and Carrie L. Bell.
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Berkeley : University of California Press, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N621.30973/2
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
1. The Franklin Phenomenon -- 2. In the Beginning -- 3. A Coming of Age -- 4. Going Public -- 5. Power to the People -- 6. Life and Death -- 7. First, Do No Harm -- 8. An Electrical World -- 9. Property Protectors -- 10. A New Alchemy -- 11. Visionary Inventors -- 12. Technology Transfer: A Behavior...
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Berkeley : University of California Press, 2003.
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
2003.
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Summary
"Most of us know - at least we've heard - that Benjamin Franklin conducted some kind of electrical experiment with a kite. What few of us realize - and what this book makes clear - is that Franklin played a major role in laying the foundations of modern electrical science and technology. This book, rich with historical details and anecdotes, brings...
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Draw the lightning down : Benjamin Franklin and electrical technology in the Age of Enlightenment / Michael Brian Schiffer, with the assistance of Kacy L. Hollenback and Carrie L. Bell.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N621.30973/2
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74VK2PN5EO5A
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ISBN
0520238028 (alk. paper)
9780520238022
0520238028
9780520238022 (alk. paper)
DDC
621.3097309033
MMS ID
991017928479702626
