Engineering Invention: Frank J. Sprague and the U.S. Electrical Industry

by Frederick Dalzell

The technological breakthroughs and entrepreneurial adventures of Frank J. Sprague during the transformative years of the early electrical industry.

Over the course of a little less than twenty years, inventor Frank J. Sprague (1857-1934) achieved an astonishing series of technological breakthroughs--from pioneering work in self-governing motors to developing the first full-scale operational electric railway system--all while commercializing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262042568
• ISBN13: 9780262042567
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher