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245 14 a| The battery :b| how portable power sparked a technological revolution /c| Henry Schlesinger.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

300 a| xi, 308 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-296) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction: History in real time -- A world without science -- The death of superstition -- The tale of the frog -- Science, showmanship, and the voltaic pile -- Not a gentleman of science -- What hath God wrought? -- Finally, something useful -- Power and light -- Genius by design -- Victorian age of discovery -- Without wires -- Mass-marketing miracles -- What will they think of next? -- Distance dies in the parlor -- The endless frontier -- See it! Hear it! Get it! -- Smaller and smaller -- Always on -- Lab reports -- Epilogue: Bring on the future -- Appendix: Those troublesome Baghdad batteries.;

520 a| The first popular history of the technology which harnessed electricity and powered the greatest scientific and technological advances of the modern era. Line drawings throughout.;

650 0 a| Electric batteriesx| Design and constructionx| History.=| ^A25081;

650 0 a| Storage batteriesx| Design and constructionx| History.=| ^A20112;

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The battery : how portable power sparked a technological revolution / Henry Schlesinger.

Author/creator	Schlesinger, Henry R.
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	[Washington, D.C.] : Smithsonian Books ; New York : Harper, ©2010.
Description	xi, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Electric batteries--Design and construction. --History. Storage batteries--Design and construction. --History.

Contents	Introduction: History in real time -- A world without science -- The death of superstition -- The tale of the frog -- Science, showmanship, and the voltaic pile -- Not a gentleman of science -- What hath God wrought? -- Finally, something useful -- Power and light -- Genius by design -- Victorian age of discovery -- Without wires -- Mass-marketing miracles -- What will they think of next? -- Distance dies in the parlor -- The endless frontier -- See it! Hear it! Get it! -- Smaller and smaller -- Always on -- Lab reports -- Epilogue: Bring on the future -- Appendix: Those troublesome Baghdad batteries.
Abstract	The first popular history of the technology which harnessed electricity and powered the greatest scientific and technological advances of the modern era. Line drawings throughout.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-296) and index.
LCCN	2009034303
ISBN	9780061442933 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0061442933 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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