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Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation Ser.: Power Struggles : Scientific Authority and the Creation of Practical Electricity Before Edison by Michael Brian Schiffer (2008, Hardcover)

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The development of electrical technologies that laid the foundation for Edison's work: their invention, commercialization, and adoption. In 1882, Thomas Edison and his Edison Electric Light Company unveiled the first large-scale electrical system in the world to light a stretch of offices in a city. This was a monumental achievement, but it was not the beginning of the electrical age. The first electric generators were built in the 1830s, the earliest commercial lighting systems before 1860, and the first commercial application of generator-powered lights (in lighthouses) in the early 1860s. In Power Struggles , Michael Brian Schiffer examines some of these earlier efforts, both successful and unsuccessful, that paved the way for Edison. After laying out a unified theoretical framework for understanding technological change, Schiffer presents a series of fascinating case studies of pre-Edison electrical technologies, including Volta's electrochemical battery, the blacksmith's electric motor, the first mechanical generators, Morse's telegraph, the Atlantic cable, and the lighting of the Capitol dome. Schiffer discusses claims of "practicality" and "impracticality" (sometimes hotly contested) made for these technologies, and examines the central role of the scientific authority--in particular, the activities of Joseph Henry, mid-nineteenth-century America's foremost scientist--in determining the fate of particular technologies. These emerging electrical technologies formed the foundation of the modern industrial world. Schiffer shows how and why they became commercial products in the context of an evolving corporate capitalism in which conflicting judgments of practicality sometimes turned into power struggles.

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MIT Press
ISBN-10
0262195828
ISBN-13
9780262195829
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Author
Michael Brian Schiffer
Publication Name
Power Struggles : Scientific Authority and the Creation of Practical Electricity before Edison
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Series
Lemelson Center Studies in Invention and Innovation Ser.
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
440 Pages

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Item Length
9.1in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
7.3in
Item Weight
29.8 Oz

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Age Range
18
Lc Classification Number
Tk23.S35 2008
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Reviews
"Schiffer's book highlights the unexpected and sometimes quirky nature of the history of electrical technology. His clear prose and careful scholarship lead the reader through a complex slalom course that examines technological history from physics to personalities and from scientific to market-driven demands in a narrative that challenges conventional assumptions about technological 'progress.' Bravo!" -Richard Gould, Department of Anthropology, Brown University
Copyright Date
2011
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Electrical, History, Electronics / General
Lccn
2007-039865
Dewey Decimal
621.30973
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Science

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