TY - GEN N2 - Laying the foundation for Thomas Edison, the first electric generators were built in the 1830s, the earliest commercial lighting systems before 1860, and the first commercial application of generator-powered light in the early 1860s. This book examines some of these early applications of electricity. AB - Laying the foundation for Thomas Edison, the first electric generators were built in the 1830s, the earliest commercial lighting systems before 1860, and the first commercial application of generator-powered light in the early 1860s. This book examines some of these early applications of electricity. T1 - Power struggles :scientific authority and the creation of practical electricity before Edison / DA - ©2008. CY - Cambridge, Mass. : AU - Schiffer, Michael B., CN - TK23 PB - MIT Press, PP - Cambridge, Mass. : PY - ©2008. ID - 1385538 KW - Electrical engineering KW - SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General KW - SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology SN - 9780262283120 SN - 0262283123 SN - 9781435662902 SN - 1435662903 TI - Power struggles :scientific authority and the creation of practical electricity before Edison / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/9780262195829.001.0001?locatt=mode:legacy LK - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/9780262195829.001.0001?locatt=mode:legacy UR - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf ER -