Interesting Links
Learn more about Electrical History

Here are some websites to get more information on the history of electricity.

• Volt Net
  A great site detailing electricity’s scientific curiosities, from Tesla coils to Jacob’s ladders. There’s also a detailed history and photos of arc street lamps, and "cooking with high voltage" e-mail postcards.
  
• National Inventors Hall of Fame
  National Inventors Hall of Fame’s History of Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of the electric light bulb, phonograph, movies and over a thousand other inventions.
  
• ISO-New England
  History of electricity and how the Independent System Operators—keepers of New England’s power grid—came to be.
• PBS
  PBS' "American Experience" web site detailing the life, times and many inventions of Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of the incandescent electric light.
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
  History center of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Provides "An Early History of Electricity", answers to such FAQs as why U.S. household current is 120 volts, and a "This Week in Electrical History" feature.