Power Struggles: Scientific Authority and the Creation of Practical Electricity before Edison. By Michael Brian Schiffer. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2008. xii + 420 pp. Illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. Cloth, $38.00. ISBN: 978–0–262–19582–9.

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