Electrical Inventor and Engineer
by
William D. Middleton, William D. Middleton III
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2009
Frank Julian Sprague invented a system for distributing electricity to streetcars from overhead wires. Within a year, electric streetcars had begun to replace horsecars, sparking a revolution in urban transportation. Sprague (1857–1934) was an American naval officer turned inventor who worked briefly...