Perang arus
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Perang arus (terkadang disebut pertempuran arus) adalah serangkaian peristiwa menjelang pengenalan sistem transmisi tenaga listrik pada akhir 1880-an dan awal 1890-an. Peristiwa tersebut timbul dari dua sistem kelistrikan yang dikembangkan pada akhir 1870-an dan awal 1880-an
Catatan kaki
Referensi
- Daftar pustaka
- Bradley, Robert L., Jr. (2011). Edison to Enron: Energy Markets and Political Strategies. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-47091-736-7.
- Brandon, Craig (1999). The Electric Chair: An Unnatural American History. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. ISBN 978-0-58538-476-4.
- Essig, Mark (2009). Edison and the Electric Chair: A Story of Light and Death. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-0-80271-928-7.
- Higonnet, Patrice L. R.; Landes, David S.; Rosovsky, Henry (1991). Favorites of Fortune: Technology, Growth, and Economic Development Since the Industrial Revolution. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-67429-520-9.
- Hughes, Thomas Parke (1993). Networks of Power: Electrification in Western Society, 1880–1930. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-80182-873-7.
- Jonnes, Jill (2003). Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World. New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-37550-739-7.
- Klein, Maury (2010). The Power Makers: Steam, Electricity, and the Men Who Invented Modern America. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-59691-834-4.
- McNichol, Tom (2006). AC/DC: The Savage Tale of the First Standards War. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-7879-8267-6.
- Moran, Richard (2007). Executioner's Current: Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and the Invention of the Electric Chair. New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-37572-446-6.
- Rockman, Howard B. (2004). Intellectual Property Law for Engineers and Scientists. Wiley-IEEE Press. ISBN 978-0-471-44998-0.
- Skrabec, Quentin R. (2007). George Westinghouse: Gentle Genius. New York: Algora Publishing. ISBN 978-0-87586-404-4.
- Skrabec, Quentin R. (2012). The 100 Most Significant Events in American Business: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-31339-863-6.
- Stross, Randall E. (2007). The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World. New York: Crown Publishers. ISBN 978-1-40004-762-8.
Bacaan tambahan
- Berton, Pierre (1997). Niagara: A History of the Falls. New York: Kodansha International. ISBN 978-1-56836-154-3.
- Bordeau, Sanford P. (1982). Volts to Hertz—the rise of electricity: from the compass to the radio through the works of sixteen great men of science whose names are used in measuring electricity and magnetism. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Burgess Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-80874-908-0.
- Edquist, Charles; Hommen, Leif; Tsipouri, Lena J. (2000). Public technology procurement and innovation. Economics of science, technology, and innovation. 16. Boston: Kluwer Academic. ISBN 978-0-79238-685-8.
- "A new system of alternating current motors and transformers". The Electrical Engineer. London, UK: Biggs & Co.: 568–572 May 18, 1888.
- "Practical electrical problems at Chicago". The Electrical Engineer. London, UK: Biggs & Co.: 458–459, 484–485 & 489–490 May 12, 1893.
- Foster, Abram John (1979). The Coming of the Electrical Age to the United States. New York: Arno Press. ISBN 978-0-40511-983-5.
Pranala luar
- "Thomas Edison Hates Cats". Pinky Show. January 17, 2007. (AC vs DC an online video mini-history).
- "War of the Currents". PBS.
- Chang, Maria. "War of the Currents". University of California at Berkeley. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal July 26, 2011.