Engineering invention : (Record no. 39275)
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| control field | IEEE |
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| fixed length control field | 151223s2009 maua ob 001 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780262258708 |
| Qualifying information | ebook |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 0262258706 |
| Qualifying information | electronic |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9780262042567 |
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| System control number | (CaBNVSL)mat06267361 |
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| System control number | (IDAMS)0b000064818b4357 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | CaBNVSL |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Transcribing agency | CaBNVSL |
| Modifying agency | CaBNVSL |
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| Geographic area code | n-us--- |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | TA140.S7 |
| Item number | D35 2010eb |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Dalzell, Frederick, |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Engineering invention : |
| Remainder of title | Frank J. Sprague and the U.S. electrical industry / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Frederick Dalzell. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Cambridge, Massachusetts : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | MIT Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | c2010. |
| 264 #2 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | IEEE Xplore, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | [2009] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 PDF (xii, 288 pages) : |
| Other physical details | illustrations. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Source | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE | |
| Media type term | electronic |
| Source | isbdmedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 506 1# - RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS NOTE | |
| Terms governing access | Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | 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 his inventions and promoting them (and himself as their inventor) to financial backers and the public. In Engineering Invention, Frederick Dalzell tells Sprague's story, setting it against the backdrop of one of the most dynamic periods in the history of technology. In a burst of innovation during these years, Sprague and his contemporaries--Thomas Edison, Nicolas Tesla, Elmer Sperry, George Westinghouse, and others--transformed the technologies of electricity and reshaped modern life. After working briefly for Edison, Sprague started the Sprague Electric Railway and Motor Company; designed and built an electric railroad system for Richmond, Virginia; sold his company to Edison and went into the field of electric elevators; almost accidentally discovered a multiple-control system that could equip electric train systems for mass transit; started a third company to commercialize this; then sold this company to Edison and retired (temporarily). Throughout his career, Dalzell tells us, Sprague framed technology as invention, cast himself as hero, and staged his technologies as dramas. He toiled against the odds, scraped together resources to found companies, bet those companies on technical feats--and pulled it off, multiple times. The idea of the "heroic inventor" is not, of course, the only way to frame the history of technology. Nevertheless, as Dalzell shows, Sprague, Edison, and others crafted the role consciously and actively, using it to generate vital impetus behind the process of innovation. |
| 530 ## - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM AVAILABLE NOTE | |
| Additional physical form available note | Also available in print. |
| 538 ## - SYSTEM DETAILS NOTE | |
| System details note | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on PDF viewed 12/23/2015. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Sprague, Frank J. |
| Fuller form of name | (Frank Julian), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1857-1934. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Electrical engineers |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| Form subdivision | Biography. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Electric utilities |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | 20th century. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Inventors |
| Geographic subdivision | United States |
| Form subdivision | Biography. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING |
| General subdivision | Electrical. |
| Source of heading or term | bisacsh |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY |
| General subdivision | Science & Technology. |
| Source of heading or term | bisacsh |
| 655 #0 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | IEEE Xplore (Online Service), |
| Relator term | distributor. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | MIT Press, |
| Relator term | publisher. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780262042567 |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Materials specified | Abstract with links to resource |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/bkabstractplus.jsp?bkn=6267361 |
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