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Empires of light : Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the race to electrify the world  Cover Image Book Book

Empires of light : Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the race to electrify the world / Jill Jonnes.

Summary:

A chronicle of scientific history recounts the race among inventor Thomas Edison, eccentric genius Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse, a tough entrepreneur and powerful empire builder, to bring electricity to the world.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0375507396
  • Physical Description: xiv, 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2003]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-377) and index.
Subject: Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931.
Tesla, Nikola, 1856-1943.
Westinghouse, George, 1846-1914.
Electrical engineering > History.
Electrification > History.
Electric power > History.
Competition > United States.

Available copies

  • 5 of 5 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Henry County Library System.

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Henry County - Main Library 621 .309 J73J (Text) I0000000086394 Non-Fiction Available -


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