Williams, J.B.
The Electric Century
1. Introduction
J. B. Williams
2. Chaotic Beginnings
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3. Lighting that Doesn’t Need Lighting
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4. Streetcars, Subways, Trains and Suburbs
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5. First You Have to Make It: The Spread of the Electricity Supply
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6. Beginnings of Mass Production: Electric Power in Industry
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7. Early Mass Media: Newspapers and Cinema
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8. The Catless Miaow: Wireless Telegraphy
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9. Healthy? Early Medical Electricity
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10. Portable Power: Batteries
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11. A Good Investment: Electricity Grids
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12. Willing Servants: The Growth of Appliances in the 1930s
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13. Blackout: War and Crisis in Electric Power Generation
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14. Give Someone a Bell: Telephones
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15. Horseless Carriages: Road Vehicles
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16. Too Cheap to Meter? Nuclear Power and Beyond
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17. Keeping it Fresh: Fridges and Freezers
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18. Banishing Washday: Home Laundry
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19. Going Up… or Down: Elevators and Escalators
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20. Gadgets: Small Household Appliances
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21. Freedom of the House: Central Heating and Air Conditioning
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22. Power Tools and the DIY Revolution
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23. The Electric Century
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Nyckelord: Popular Science, Popular Science in Technology, History of Technology, Electrical Engineering, Physics of Energy Technology, History of Computing, Media and Communication
- Författare
- Williams, J.B.
- Utgivare
- Springer
- Utgivningsår
- 2018
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 1
- Serie
- Springer Praxis Books
- Sidantal
- 11 sidor
- Kategorier
- Naturvetenskaper
- Teknologi, energi, trafik
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9783319511559
- Tryckt ISBN
- 978-3-319-51154-2