Why AC won out over DC in electric power history
A narrative explains electricity basics from DC and AC generators to transformers and voltage changes. It notes the rise of alternating current as more economical for long-distance power, with Ben Franklin’s kite experiment touching the era’s curiosity, and ends with a World Book Atlas item about mergansers and their fishery role.
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Benjamin Franklin
Andy
Dianne Camp
Atlanta
Georgia
Scott stays in political limelight amid governorship bid
Lt. Gov. Robert W. Scott, son of the late Sen Gov. W Kerr Scott, has avoided formal campaigning while serving as presiding officer yet closely watches the 1968 governor race. Analysts note Scott plans a 1968 bid with a likely Democratic primary and potential Republican opposition led by Robert Gavin.
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William A. Shires
Raleigh
Robert W
Bob) Scott
State Senate
Scott
W. Kerr Scott
Scott Camp
GOP
Robert L. Gavin
David Britt
Hargrove Bowles
Guilford
Basil Whitener
James Gardner
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I Commandment
Antoinette
Janice Mueller
St. Louis
Missouri
Wales
Capitol Square
House
Senate
Congress
Sens
Voit Gilmore
Moore
Robert Morgan
Harnett
Herman Moore
Mecklenburg
Hector MacLean
Robeson
Ashley B. Futrell
Beaufort
Lindsay Warren Jr
Wayne
John Burney
New Hanover
George Wood
Camden
Jeff Allen
Montgomery
Senate Republicans
Gress
John Stickley
Charlotte
H. P
Pat) Taylor Jr
Irwin Belk
Shires
Fratscs Mill
MoreComfort
Sunoco
Sollars
Frank Neeley
South Main Street
High Point
N. C
Harry King
High Point, N. C
Tommy Riggins
Sunoco Corner
Ward
Green Street
Otis Bullins
G’boro Rd
Skeen’s
Sunoco Service
Jamestown, WN. C
Roy Tate
Thomasville
Grady’s
Hoy Ingram
Sunoco North
Gene Vestal
Sunoco South Main
William Stinson
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