Edison's Electric Light: The Art of Invention - Couverture souple

Friedel, Robert; Israel, Paul B.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0801894824 ISBN 13 : 9780801894824

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010

Synopsis

In September 1878, Thomas Alva Edison brashly--and prematurely--proclaimed his breakthrough invention of a workable electric light. That announcement was followed by many months of intense experimentation that led to the successful completion of his Pearl Street station four years later. Edison was not alone--nor was he first--in developing an incandescent light bulb, but his was the most successful of all competing inventions. Drawing from the documents in the Edison archives, Robert Friedel and Paul Israel explain how this came to be. They explore the process of invention through the Menlo Park notes, discussing the full range of experiments, including the testing of a host of materials, the development of such crucial tools as the world's best vacuum pump, and the construction of the first large-scale electrical generators and power distribution systems. The result is a fascinating story of excitement, risk, and competition.

Revised and updated from the original 1986 edition, this definitive study of the most famous invention of America's most famous inventor is completely keyed to the printed and electronic versions of the Edison Papers, inviting the reader to explore further the remarkable original sources.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Robert Friedel is a professor of history of technology and science at the University of Maryland, College Park. His most recent book is A Culture of Improvement: Technology and the Western Millennium.

Paul B. Israel is the director and editor of the Thomas A. Edison Papers Project at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801894824
• ISBN 13: 9780801894824
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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