Chapter Nine. Pushing Alternating Current in America (1892–1893)

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Introduction. Dinner at Delmonico’s 1
5. Chapter One. An Ideal Childhood (1856–1878) 12
6. Chapter Two. Dreaming of Motors (1878–1882) 34
7. Chapter Three. Learning by Doing (1882–1886) 60
8. Chapter Four. Mastering Alternating Current (1886–1888) 76
9. Chapter Five. Selling the Motor (1888–1889) 100
10. Chapter Six. Searching for a New Ideal (1889–1891) 117
11. Chapter Seven. A Veritable Magician (1891) 129
12. Chapter Eight. Taking the Show to Europe (1891–1892) 143
13. Chapter Nine. Pushing Alternating Current in America (1892–1893) 158
14. Chapter Ten. Wireless Lighting and the Oscillator (1893–1894) 176
15. Chapter Eleven. Efforts at Promotion (1894–1895) 193
16. Chapter Twelve. Looking for Alternatives (1895–1898) 214
17. Chapter Thirteen. Stationary Waves (1899–1900) 262
18. Chapter Fourteen. Wardenclyffe (1900–1901) 302
19. Chapter Fifteen. The Dark Tower (1901–1905) 331
20. Chapter Sixteen. Visionary to the End (1905–1943) 368
21. Epilogue 396
22. Note on Sources 415
23. Abbreviations and Sources 421
24. Notes 423
25. Acknowledgments 473
26. Index 477