J. B. Williams

The Electric Century (eBook, PDF)

How the Taming of Lightning Shaped the Modern World

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319511559
• Artikelnr.: 52943123

Autorenporträt

J.B. Williams got an electrical engineering degree at Imperial College, which led him into the design of electronic control and instrumentation equipment, and he became a Chartered Engineer. After working for a number of companies, including AVO/Megger and gaining seniority, he went into engineering management and later co-founded Ingenion Design Ltd to produce electronic instrumentation, exposing him to many different industries varying from washing machines to nuclear power stations.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction.- 2 Chaotic Beginnings - 3 Lighting that Doesn't Need Lighting.- 4 Streetcars, Subways, Trains and Suburbs.- 5 First You Have to Make It: The Spread of Electricity Supply.- 6 Beginnings of Mass Production: Electric Power in Industry.- 7 Early Mass Media: Newspapers and Cinema.- 8 The Catless Miaow: Wireless Telegraphy.- 9 Healthy? Early Medical Electricity.- 10 Portable Power: Batteries.- 11 A Good Investment: Electricity Grids.- 12 Willing Servants: The Growth of Appliances in the 1930s.- 13 Blackout: War and Crisis in Electric Power Generation.- 14 Give Someone a Bell - Telephones.- 15. Horseless Carriages: Road Vehicles.- 16 Too Cheap to Meter? Nuclear Power and Beyond.- 17 Keeping it Fresh: Fridges and Freezers.- 18 Banishing Washday: Home Laundry.- 19 Going up... Or Down: Elevators and Escalators.- 20 Gadgets: Small Household Appliances.- 21 Freedom of the House: Central Heating and Air Conditioning.- 22 Power Tools and the DIY Revolution.- 23 The Electric Century.- Acknowledgements.- Endnotes.- Bibliography.- Index.

Rezensionen

"Williams is very thorough, and as with the electronics book, he or she is at his or her best when giving us historical statistics and nuggets of information about, for example, the early fragmented electricity generation companies, or Marconi's work or the development of batteries. ... if you'd like to fill in some gaps in the history of technology, it's worth taking on." (Brian Clegg, Popular Science, popsciencebooks.blogspot.com, January, 2018)
"There is a good table of contents, a detailed bibliography, and a good index. This is an interesting treatise on the impact of electricity on our world. Williams' book differs from others on this subject in the diversity of aspects covered and by also considering their social impacts on our society. A very enjoyable book." (David B. Henderson, Computing Reviews, March, 2018)