DocumentCode
3353063
Title
Interpreting the early age of electricity
Author
Pancaldi, Giuliano
Author_Institution
Bologna Univ., Bologna
fYear
2007
fDate
3-5 Aug. 2007
Firstpage
212
Lastpage
221
Abstract
The paper concerns the early age of electricity and addresses the the questions: 1) Why did it take so long for the steady current of the battery to transform our civilization? and, 2) What else was needed, beyond the current of the battery, for the age of electricity finally to take off?
Keywords
electricity; primary cells; battery; electricity; history; Batteries; Books; Current; History; Large-scale systems; Physics; Sparks; Telegraphy; Telephony; Turning;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electric Power, 2007 IEEE Conference on the History of
Conference_Location
Newark, NJ
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1343-0
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-1344-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/HEP.2007.4510268
Filename
4510268
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