Perang arus

Perang arus (terkadang disebut pertempuran arus) adalah serangkaian peristiwa menjelang pengenalan sistem transmisi tenaga listrik pada akhir 1880-an dan awal 1890-an. Peristiwa tersebut timbul dari dua sistem kelistrikan yang dikembangkan pada akhir 1870-an dan awal 1880-an

Inventor dan pengusaha Amerika Serikat Thomas Edison mendirikan pembangkit listrik milik investor pertama pada 1882, mendasarkan insfrastrukturnya pada tenaga diesel.

Wirausahawan dan insinyur Amerika Serikat George Westinghouse memperkenalkan jaringan distribusi tenaga listrik berbasis AC pesaing pada 1886.

Referensi

Daftar pustaka

• Bradley, Robert L., Jr. (2011). Edison to Enron: Energy Markets and Political Strategies. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-47091-736-7. 
• Brandon, Craig (1999). The Electric Chair: An Unnatural American History. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. ISBN 978-0-58538-476-4. 
• Essig, Mark (2009). Edison and the Electric Chair: A Story of Light and Death. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-0-80271-928-7. 
• Higonnet, Patrice L. R.; Landes, David S.; Rosovsky, Henry (1991). Favorites of Fortune: Technology, Growth, and Economic Development Since the Industrial Revolution. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-67429-520-9. 
• Hughes, Thomas Parke (1993). Networks of Power: Electrification in Western Society, 1880–1930. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-80182-873-7. 
• Jonnes, Jill (2003). Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World. New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-37550-739-7. 
• Klein, Maury (2010). The Power Makers: Steam, Electricity, and the Men Who Invented Modern America. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-59691-834-4. 
• McNichol, Tom (2006). AC/DC: The Savage Tale of the First Standards War. New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-7879-8267-6. 
• Moran, Richard (2007). Executioner's Current: Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and the Invention of the Electric Chair. New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-37572-446-6. 
• Rockman, Howard B. (2004). Intellectual Property Law for Engineers and Scientists. Wiley-IEEE Press. ISBN 978-0-471-44998-0. 
• Skrabec, Quentin R. (2007). George Westinghouse: Gentle Genius. New York: Algora Publishing. ISBN 978-0-87586-404-4. 
• Skrabec, Quentin R. (2012). The 100 Most Significant Events in American Business: An Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0-31339-863-6. 
• Stross, Randall E. (2007). The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World. New York: Crown Publishers. ISBN 978-1-40004-762-8. 

Bacaan tambahan

• Berton, Pierre (1997). Niagara: A History of the Falls. New York: Kodansha International. ISBN 978-1-56836-154-3. 
• Bordeau, Sanford P. (1982). Volts to Hertz—the rise of electricity: from the compass to the radio through the works of sixteen great men of science whose names are used in measuring electricity and magnetism. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Burgess Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-80874-908-0. 
• Edquist, Charles; Hommen, Leif; Tsipouri, Lena J. (2000). Public technology procurement and innovation. Economics of science, technology, and innovation. 16. Boston: Kluwer Academic. ISBN 978-0-79238-685-8. 
• "A new system of alternating current motors and transformers". The Electrical Engineer. London, UK: Biggs & Co.: 568–572 May 18, 1888. 
• "Practical electrical problems at Chicago". The Electrical Engineer. London, UK: Biggs & Co.: 458–459, 484–485 & 489–490 May 12, 1893. 
• Foster, Abram John (1979). The Coming of the Electrical Age to the United States. New York: Arno Press. ISBN 978-0-40511-983-5. 

Pranala luar

• "Thomas Edison Hates Cats". Pinky Show. January 17, 2007.  (AC vs DC an online video mini-history).
• "War of the Currents". PBS. 
• Chang, Maria. "War of the Currents". University of California at Berkeley. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal July 26, 2011.