Electric City

by Elizabeth Rosner

Book Overview

Upstate New York, at the confluence of the great Hudson River and its mighty tributary the Mohawk --from this stunning landscape came the creation of a new world of science. In 1887, Thomas Edison moved his Edison Machine Works here and in 1892, it became the headquarters of a major manufacturing company, giving the town its nickname: Electric City.

The peak of Autumn, 1919: The pull of scientific discovery brings Charles Proteus Steimetz,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1619023466
• ISBN13: 9781619023468
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 9.1"