The electric war Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse and the race to light the world
Recounts the scientific competition in the United States for the dominant electric current between Thomas Alva Edison's direct current, and Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse⁰́₉s alternating current.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Henry Holt and Company,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Winchell, Mike, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The electric war : |b Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse and the race to light the world / |c Mike Winchell. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Henry Holt and Company, |c [2019] | |
| 300 | |a 260 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |2 rdacontent | ||
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| 500 | |a "Christy Ottaviano Books." | ||
| 521 | 1 | |a Ages 12-14. | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-249) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The calm before the storm -- The first spark -- What's good for the goose -- A wizard is born -- AC/DC, a current craze -- Flashes of light -- What's mine is yours -- Meeting of the minds -- Earned success -- The rabid animal versus the fawn in the forest -- Death in the wires -- Shocked... -- ...To death -- In Kemmler's wake -- All the world's a stage -- One rises, one falls. | |
| 520 | |a Recounts the scientific competition in the United States for the dominant electric current between Thomas Alva Edison's direct current, and Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse⁰́₉s alternating current. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Edison, Thomas A. |q (Thomas Alva), |d 1847-1931 |v Juvenile nonfiction. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Tesla, Nikola, |d 1856-1943 |v Juvenile nonfiction. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Westinghouse, George, |d 1846-1914 |v Juvenile nonfiction. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Electrification |x History |v Juvenile nonfiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Electric power |x History |v Juvenile nonfiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Electrical engineering |z United States |x History |v Juvenile nonfiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Lighting |z United States |x History |v Juvenile nonfiction. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Inventors |z United States |v Juvenile nonfiction. | |
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