Innovation as a Social Process: Elihu Thomson and the Rise of General Electric

by W. Bernard Carlson

Book Overview

Elihu Thomson was a late-nineteenth-century American inventor who helped create the first electric lighting and power systems. One of the most prolific inventors in American history, Thomson was granted nearly 700 patents in a career spanning the 1880s to 1930s. His inventions included arc and incandescent lighting systems, alternating current motors and transformers, electric welding equipment, and the recording watt-meter, all of which were central...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521393175
• ISBN13: 9780521393171
• Release Date: October 1991
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"