Meadowcroft, Wm. H.; endorsed by Thomas A. Edison; The ABC of Electricity
NY, FRANK LOVELL & CO., 1888 , STIFF WRAPS
Overall Condition is: GOOD
Red cloth cover, general shelf wear, tanned spine, soil spots, top corner has very tiny nip in corner, bottom corner bent, and previous owner's raised stamp on fep & title page, and first few pages have very lightly chipped edge & tanning. 1879 Electric lights (Brush arc lamps) were first used for public street lighting, in Cleveland, Ohio. California Electric Light Company, Inc. in San Fransicso was the first electric company to sell electricity to customers. The company used two small Brush generators to power 21 Brush arc light lamps. 1881 The electric streetcar was invented by E.W. v. Siemens 1882 Thomas Edison opened th Pearl Street Power Station in New York City. The Pearl Street Station was one of the world’s first central electric power plants and could power 5,000 lights. The Pearl Street Station was a direct current (DC) power system, unlike the power systems that we use today which use alternating current (AC). The first hydroelectric station opened in Wisconsin. Edward Johnson first put electric lights on a Christmas tree. 1883 Nikola Tesla invented the “Tesla coil”, a transformer that changes electricity from low voltage to high voltage making it easier to transport over long distances. The transformer was an important part of Tesla’s alternating current (AC) system, still used to deliver electricity today. 1884 Nikola Tesla invented the electric alternator, an electric generator that produces alternating current (AC). Until this time electricity had been generated using direct current (DC) from batteries. AC electrical systems are better for sending electricity over long distances. Steam turbine generator, capable of generating huge amounts of electricity, was invented by Sir Charles Algernon Parsons. 1886 William Stanley developed the induction coil transformer and an alternating current electric system. 1888 Nikola Tesla demonstrated the first “polyphase” alternating current (AC) electrical system. His AC system including everything needed for electricity production and use: generator, transformers, transmission system, motor (used in appliances) and lights. George Westinghouse, the head of Westinghouse Electric Company, bought the patent rights to the AC system. The first use of a large windmill to generate electricity was built by inventor Charles Brush. He used the windmill to charge batteries in the cellar of his home in Cleveland, Ohio.
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