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Draw the lightning down : Benjamin Franklin and electrical technology in the Age of Enlightenment / Michael Brian Schiffer, with the assistance of Kacy L. Hollenback and Carrie L. Bell.
LIBRA TK16 .S35 2003
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schiffer, Michael B. (Michael Brian), 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.
- Franklin, Benjamin.
- Electrical engineering--History--18th century.
- Electrical engineering.
- Electricity--History--18th century.
- Electricity.
- Enlightenment.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 383 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- A lively and entertaining study of early electrical technology, this book brings to life the technologies and inventors--most notably Benjamin Franklin--who forged the way for our modern electrical world.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-364) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520238028
- OCLC:
- 51477098
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