Children of Light: How Electricity Changed Britain Forever by Gavin Weightman

Children of Light: How Electricity Changed Britain Forever

Gavin Weightman

282 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction science informative medium-paced
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In the early 1870's a nighttime view over Britain would have revealed towns lit by the warm glow of gas and oil lamps and a much darker countryside, the only light emanating from the fiery sparks of late running steam trains. However, by the end o...

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