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Empires of LightThe fascinating story of the early days of the industrial development of electricity in the USA. Focusing on Edison, Westinghouse and Tesla it describes in detail the history of the light bulb and the all important battle between DC current (Edison) and AC current (nearly everyone else).

Categories: history, technology

by Jill Jonnes
Score: 8.5
Published: 2003
Read: September 10th 2024

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John said

Good stuff, I love this history of science and engineering type thing. Quite well written too.

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