Frank Julian Sprague: Electrical Inventor and Engineer
William Dana Middleton · 2009
Foreword by John L. Sprague Acknowledgments 1. A Boyhood in New England 2. The Midshipman Inventor 3. Sprague and the New World of Electricity 4. Triumph at Richmond 5. Sprague and the Electric Elevator 6. Frank Sprague and the Multiple Unit Train 7. Electrifying the Main Line Railroads 8. The Naval Consulting Board and the Great War 9. Sprague and Railroad Safety 10. A Diverse Inventor 11. An Inventor and Engineer to the End 12. Epilogue Appendix A. Frank Julian Sprague Patents Appendix B. Frank Julian Sprague Honors and Awards Appendix C. Common Electrical Terms Notes Selected Bibliography Index