Draw the lightning down : Benjamin Franklin and electrical technology in the Age of Enlightenment /
Exploring the major role Benjamin Franklin played in laying the foundations of modern electrical science and technology, this text is rich with historical details and anecdotes. The story brings to light the arcane and long-forgotten inventions that made way for many modern technologies.
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press
©2003.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1pq02h |
| Summary: | Exploring the major role Benjamin Franklin played in laying the foundations of modern electrical science and technology, this text is rich with historical details and anecdotes. The story brings to light the arcane and long-forgotten inventions that made way for many modern technologies. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 383 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-364) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520939851 0520939859 1417525495 9781417525492 9780520238022 0520238028 1597345849 9781597345842 9786612358531 661235853X 1282358537 9781282358539 |