Innovation as a Social Process

Elihu Thomson and the Rise of General Electric

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Hardcover | 27 April 1992

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Elihu Thomson was a late-nineteenth-century American inventor who helped create the first electric lighting and power systems. One of the most prolific inventors in American history, Thomson was granted nearly 700 patents in a career spanning the 1880s to 1930s. His inventions included arc and incandescent lighting systems, alternating current motors and transformers, electric welding equipment, and the recording watt-meter, all of which were central in determining how electricity is used today. Thomson was educated in science, and he used a combination of scientific values and craft skills to develop his many inventions. Consequently, his career permits an investigation of how technologists employ craft knowledge to create new products. While employed by the General Electric Company, Thomson worked with other managers and entrepreneurs to link the hardware of electric lighting with business organization and marketing strategy. Thus, his story also traces the role of technology in the rise of a major American corporation.

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'At a time when the country is searching for clues to understanding invention and innovation, Bernard Carlson's detailed and thoughtful study of Elihu Thomson provides information and insights of immense value. He moves the art of writing the biography of inventors a quantum leap beyond sentimental heroic-inventor stories and the dry skepticism of macro-economic monographs.' Thomas P. Hughes, Mellon Professor, University of Pennsylvania

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Editors+ preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations used in footnotes
Introduction
The cultivation of a scientific man
Learning the craft of invention
The Philadelphia partnership, 1879-1880
Frustration in New Britain, 1880-1883
Success in Lynn: the Thomson-Houston electric company, 1883-1892
Maintaining the organization: product development at general electric, 1892-1900
Epilogue and conclusion
Index
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Innovation as a Social Process

Elihu Thomson and the Rise of General Electric

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