Edison & Tesla: the founding fathers of electricity
Article Abstract:
The contribution of important figures in the development of the electricity industry is examined, with focus on the difference of opinion between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla over the use of direct current or alternating current.
author: Leone, Marie, Smith, Katherine P., McCabe, Louisa, Subramanian, Uma, Ellis, Walter, Schwieger, Robert G.
Publisher: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Publication Name: Electrical World
Subject: Electronics and electrical industries
ISSN: 0013-4457
Year: 2000
Influence, Electricity, Edison, Thomas Alva, Tesla, Nikola
Innovative technologies transform the industry
Article Abstract:
The effect of technology on the development of the electricity industry is examined, with focus on particular inventions such as the electric dynamo, superconductors and transformers.
author: Leone, Marie, Smith, Katherine P., McCabe, Louisa, Subramanian, Uma, Ellis, Walter, Schwieger, Robert G.
Publisher: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Publication Name: Electrical World
Subject: Electronics and electrical industries
ISSN: 0013-4457
Year: 2000
Equipment and supplies, Lamps, Electric generators, Transformers, Electric transformers, Electric lamps
Companies
Article Abstract:
A description is presented of ten companies who have contributed to technological advances in the electricity power industry since its origins in the nineteenth century.
author: Leone, Marie, Smith, Katherine P., McCabe, Louisa, Subramanian, Uma, Ellis, Walter, Schwieger, Robert G.
Publisher: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Publication Name: Electrical World
Subject: Electronics and electrical industries
ISSN: 0013-4457
Year: 2000
Siemens AG, Industry, Industrial Revolution, ca. 1750-1900, Bechtel Group Inc., Westinghouse Electric Corp., WX
subjects list: History, Electric utilities
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