Leo L. Beranek
Dalzell's biography of one of America's great innovators, a leader of the electrical revolution, is fascinating and gripping. Frank J. Sprague changed urban rail transportation from horse drawn to electrical in 1884-1890 by means of invention, manufacturing, demonstration, and corporate financing. Further, he made possible electrical elevators in skyscrapers and in due course helped perfect the urban transportation systems serving today's metropolises. His name belongs with those of Edison, Bell, Westinghouse, Thompson, and Tesla.
Paul Israel
A study of Frank Sprague's important contributions to electrical history is long overdue. Frederick Dalzell does this in impressive fashion while using Sprague's life and career to inquire into the nature of technological innovation and the role of the heroic inventor in American industry.
Endorsement
A study of Frank Sprague's important contributions to electrical history is long overdue. Frederick Dalzell does this in impressive fashion while using Sprague's life and career to inquire into the nature of technological innovation and the role of the heroic inventor in American industry.
Paul Israel, Director and General Editor, Thomas A. Edison Papers Project, Rutgers University
From the Publisher
Dalzell's biography of one of America's great innovators, a leader of the electrical revolution, is fascinating and gripping. Frank J. Sprague changed urban rail transportation from horse drawn to electrical in 1884-1890 by means of invention, manufacturing, demonstration, and corporate financing. Further, he made possible electrical elevators in skyscrapers and in due course helped perfect the urban transportation systems serving today's metropolises. His name belongs with those of Edison, Bell, Westinghouse, Thompson, and Tesla.
Leo L. Beranek, author of
Riding the Waves: A Life in Sound, Science, and IndustryA study of Frank Sprague's important contributions to electrical history is long overdue. Frederick Dalzell does this in impressive fashion while using Sprague's life and career to inquire into the nature of technological innovation and the role of the heroic inventor in American industry.
Paul Israel, Director and General Editor, Thomas A. Edison Papers Project, Rutgers University