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	Frank J. Sprague - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sprague was born in Milford, Connecticut in 1857.
		Sprague took leave to attend the Paris Electrical Exhibition in 1881 and the Crystal Palace Exhibition in Sydenham, England in 1882, where he was on the jury of awards for gas engines, dynamos and lamps.
		Sprague was awarded the gold medal at the Paris Electrical Exhibition in 1889, the grand prize at the St.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frank_Sprague (1452 words)

	The Inventors (E)
		Sprague took leave to attend the Paris Electrical Exhibition and the Crystal Palace Exhibition in Sydenham, England, where he served as the only American member and as secretary of the jury of awards for gas engines, dynamos and lamps.
		Sprague also revised and corrected the Edison system of mains and feeders for central station distribution and developed a formula for determining the ratio of wire size to current amperage.
		Additionally, Sprague developed a distorted system of compound field magnet winding that maintained a fixed nonsparking position of commutator brushes and a three-point, wheelbarrow suspension of axle-mounted geared motors for electric railways, which was soon used universally for trolley-car equipment.
	www.theelevatormuseum.org /e/e-1.htm (1456 words)

	The Shore Line Trolley Museum: Articles:Sprague Reception
		Frank J. Sprague (1857-1934), a native of Milford, Connecticut, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1878.
		Sprague's initial equipment was unable to produce enough tractive effort to function under these conditions, and therefore he was forced to go back to the drawing board and re-design using double-reduction gearing.
		Sprague had to renegotiate the contract down from the initial $110,000 to $90,000, of which only half was payable in cash, the other half being stock.
	www.bera.org /articles/sprague2.html (1403 words)

	Frank L. Sprague - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Frank Lee Sprague was born in Wichita Falls, Texas.
		Sprague has over 1000 works, many for guitar.
		Sprague's compositions "Symphonic Poem" and "Piano Quartet" are located on his website as free downloads.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frank_L._Sprague (187 words)

	Newspaper Article: Frank J. Sprague -- Father of the Trolley
		Sprague was the first to develop and first to operate the trolley system, powered by energy supplied from a central station in Richmond.
		Sprague and his associates assaulted a confederacy of physical difficulties, adverse financial and operating conditions and all the ills of a new and untried system when they set to work in Virginia.
		Sprague laughed, "my feelings when, after inspecting the improvised car sheds at the end of the line, I reached the foot of the steepist hill on my return and faced a grade varying from 4 to 10 per cent and about a mile long.
	richmondthenandnow.com /Newspaper-Articles/Streetcars.html (1114 words)

	Frank Julian Sprague (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Sprague knew the motors had been severely overheated, and a peculiar bucking movement when he attempted to restart the car told him that a motor had been disabled with a short-circuited armature, a difficulty that was to become all too familiar to Sprague before the Richmond project was completed.
		Sprague was convinced that the castings were faulty or the gears improperly cut, but one of his employees, an Irish mechanic named Pat O’Shaughnessy, who had what Sprague himself termed “a most happy mechanical judgment,” insisted it was simply due to want of adequate lubrication.
		But even if Frank Sprague’s trolley itself was to disappear, the 1970’s would find an overcrowded urban America taking renewed interest in electric transportation in the form of modern rapid-transit systems that, however sophisticated, still employed many of the same fundamental principles Sprague’s genius had developed more than seventy years before.
	home.comcast.net /~dhavranek/more_frank_julian_sprague1.htm (2906 words)

	Frank Julian Sprague (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Imagine, for a moment, a quick visit by Frank Sprague today and his encounter with an electric car.
		Frank invented multiple unit control for electric trains - he is smiling at the modern electric vehicle controller - he likes it.
		Frank Sprague is smiling because he recognizes the DC electric series motor he is so familiar with.
	home.comcast.net /~dhavranek/frank_julian_sprague.htm (514 words)

	Sprague - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sprague is the name of several places in the United States:
		Sprague Field, a multi-purpose stadium on the campus of Montclair State University
		William Sprague (1830-1915), a politician from Rhode Island, nephew of William Sprague (1799-1856)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sprague (216 words)

	New England Historic Genealogical Society
		Sprague was the historian general for the General Society of Mayflower Descendants, president of the Quincy Historical Society from 1941-44, and a life member of the New England Historic Genealogical Society.
		Sprague’s pursuit of genealogy and history began in 1934; involvement with his hometown historical society sparked his interest in families from the original town of Braintree.
		Waldo Chamberlain Sprague died at Quincy on July 21, 1960 at the age of fifty-seven, leaving a legacy of Braintree research for future generations to utilize.
	www.newenglandancestors.org /Waldo_Sprague_Biography.asp?print=1 (257 words)

	Frank Julian Sprague, Ensign, United States Navy
		Sprague, Frank Julian, 1857—1934, American electrical engineer, born at Milford, Connecticut, graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, in 1878.
		Graduating seventh in a class of 36 in 1878, Sprague was assigned to the USS Richmond, flagship of the Asiatic Fleet, where he filled a notebook with detailed drawings and descriptions of devices that evidenced his urge for invention.
		During his career, Sprague earned the gold medal at the Paris Electrical Exhibition in 1889, the grand prize at the St.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /fjsprague.htm (1577 words)

	Inventor of the Week: Archive
		Urban development got a major boost in 1887 when inventor Frank Julian Sprague developed the world's first successful electric street railway system, making it feasible to build cities and towns that were more vast in size and allowing for a greater concentration of businesses in commercial areas.
		Sprague was able to conquer a number of challenges with a comprehensive system that incorporated several designs he invented himself, including improved electrical energy systems, wheel suspension, automatic controls, automatic brakes and a non-sparking motor that could maintain constant revolutions with varying loads.
		Sprague is said to have continued innovating up until his death on October 25, 1934, at the age of 77.
	web.mit.edu /invent/iow/sprague.html (876 words)

	buckall - pafc60 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Sprague, Frank William, "The Brothers Ralph and William Sprague and some of Their Descendants", Boston, Mass.: New England Historic and Genealogical Society, 1909, page 3.
		Sprague, Frank William, "The Brothers Ralph and William Sprague and some of Their Descendants", Boston, Mass.: New England Historic and Genealogical Society, 1909, "d.
		Sprague, Frank William, "The Brothers Ralph and William Sprague and some of Their Descendants", Boston, Mass.: New England Historic and Genealogical Society, 1909, "b.
	www.gbso.net /buc/buckall/pafc60.htm (1428 words)

	The Shore Line Trolley Museum: Articles: Sprague Collection
		After Frank J. Sprague's death in 1934, Harriet Sprague turned over a substantial amount of material from his collection to the New York Public Library, where it remains today accessible to the public via the rare books division.
		Sprague was widely lauded by his peers and the collection also includes many items written by his contemporaries about him, as well as honors and medals that Sprague had received during his long career.
		Sprague graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland in 1878, and served in the Navy during the early 1880s.
	www.bera.org /articles/sprague.html (692 words)

	frank lee sprague. fulton avenue. review by Alan Haber
		Of the multi-talented Frank Lee Sprague I've written about at length within these pages, so I'll submit that there is much goodness that has come and has yet to come from the taller Sprague brother, this acoustic-based collection of searingly endearing songs the latest example.
		Pouring his heart out over adept acoustic guitar work, Sprague speaks directly to the listener, creating a heartfelt connection with all the trimmings of the real-life emotions he is singing about.
		Sprague creates enticing soundscapes with little instrumentation, employing echo and complex chord changes and melody shifts to bring his creations to life.
	www.buhdge.com /hot_buhdge/2006/fls/fultonavenue.htm (455 words)

	Workshop Speaker Frank Perham
		This gift has enabled Frank to be present at many of the important mineral finds of the last 40 years.
		Frank loves mining equipment and making it work - no matter how old it is. His particular favorites are equipment you can sit-down-in and the riding type.
		On a serious note, Frank has a degree in Geology and although he never made a full time career with his education, he has used it all of his life, especially his passion for pegmatites in Maine.
	homepage.mac.com /rasprague/PegShop/frank/perham.html (511 words)

	CD Baby: FRANK LEE SPRAGUE: Merseybeat
		In fact, Frank's house was filled with records, from all of the major classical composers to every Frank Sinatra record.
		Guitarist-singer-songwriter Frank Lee Sprague hails from West Texas and is, in fact, a distant relation to Buddy Holly.
		The multi-talented Sprague is said to have over a thousand songs already written and is currently working on recording his next release.
	cdbaby.com /cd/flsprague (1175 words)

	Sprague, Frank Julian - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		SPRAGUE, FRANK JULIAN [Sprague, Frank Julian], 1857-1934, American electrical engineer, b.
		He was an assistant to Thomas Edison in 1883 and independently created a superior electric motor that was readily adaptable to industrial machinery.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Sprague, Frank Julian" at HighBeam.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/Sprague.asp (142 words)

	NIH: Frank Sprague
		Frank showed them how to use mathematics to select the experiments which would be most effective.
		For his next trick, Frank turned his attention back to electric railways, devising a system by which electric railway cars could be hooked up in a train and controlled simultaneously by a single motorman in the lead car.
		Frank's contemporary Lizzie Borden is far better known today than he is, and according to her trial she never did anything.
	www.interlog.com /~jfitzger/sprague.htm (799 words)

	Frank Lee Sprague Blog
		The deejay announces, “Folks, we’ve got a new one here by Frank Lee Sprague, called ‘She’s Good.’” And then you hear the thump and cascade of crashing drums, the warm voice of the singer telling us about his girl, the kinetic sound of surging guitars, and suddenly people rush to the dance floor.
		Sprague’s other noteworthy works are currently being published, including Concerto for Violin with Orchestra, Guitar Quintet, Symphony No. 2, Pirate Music Suite for Strings, Quartet No. 2, etc. His music is described as lyrical and tonal, with passionate and original writing marked by exclusive modulations and chord techniques.
		The aleatoric work “Organ Madness” by Frank Lee Sprague was written and recorded using a new technique in which the MIDI information for percussion is applied to a tonal instrument.
	duckking1.tripod.com /sprague (1398 words)

	Times Community Newspapers - Student of the Week: Aleta Sprague
		Sportswise, Sprague has excelled on the varsity tennis team and as a midfielder-forward, playing on the Fighting Owls varsity girls soccer team.
		When Sprague isn't busy with schoolwork and activities, she enjoys playing the piano and working weekends at the Airlie Conference Center in Warrenton.
		Sprague, although undecided on just which field she plans to pursue, is sure about the caliber of higher learning institute that she plans to attend.
	www.zwire.com /site/tab2.cfm?newsid=11132032&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=506072&rfi=6 (291 words)

	Frank Lee Sprague: Merseybeat - PopMatters Music Review
		In tribute to and celebration of the old connection with Liverpool, Sprague has forged a collection of mostly new compositions in the exact style of those Mersey originals.
		Sprague adds some reversed guitar loops to keep it real, but otherwise manages an amazing aural simulation (and keeps it to a trim two and a half minutes).
		Sprague again does a fine job of conveying the musical sensibilities, the very essence of what the Merseybeat sound was all about.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/s/spraguefranklee-merseybeat.shtml (946 words)

	BookRags: Frank Julian Sprague Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Frank Julian Sprague (1857-1934), American electrical engineer and inventor, successfully used electricity to power vehicles and is known today as the father of electric traction.
		Frank Sprague was born in Milford, Conn., on July 25, 1857, but lived with relatives in North Adams, Mass., after 1866.
		By 1890 over 200 electric street railways were in operation or under construction; half of these used Sprague equipment, and 90 percent of them were based on his patents.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/frank-julian-sprague (390 words)

	Concerto for Violin with Orchestra
		Frank Lee Sprague is a new breed among American composers.
		Sprague has become among the most esteemed musical figures of his generation.
		This irresistible discovery, winningly championed by a new orchestra with this long-overdue first recording of his Violin Concerto, proves Frank Lee Sprague a musical genius of Mozartean universality and range.
	www.emediawire.com /releases/2006/3/emw354449.htm (394 words)

	Location Text and List of Documents - The Edison Papers
		Sprague's company was absorbed in 1890 by the recently formed Edison General Electric Co., which produced and sold Sprague motors until the creation of General Electric two years later.
		Many of the letters deal with the design of Sprague's motors and other components of his electric traction system, their manufacture by the Edison Machine Works, and problems of quality control.
		The recipient's copy of most of Sprague's letters to Edison are in the archives of the Edison National Historical Site and are reproduced in the digital and microfilm editions of The Thomas A. Edison Papers.
	edison.rutgers.edu /NamesSearch/glocpage.php3?gloc=X120C& (461 words)

	Frank Lee Sprague - Fulton Avenue :: Not Lame Recordings - power pop and melodic rock record label, music and CDs
		Thus far, in 2006, Frank Lee Sprague is the hardest working man in pop.
		There has been(thankfully) a veritable parade of releases flowing from Sprague and "Fulton Avenue" is his latest gem.
		Its a soft, sweet, sigh of a song with a delicate acoustic lead break and a warm melody that will make you close your eyes and hum along.Anaheim Girls takes a nostalgic look back to the year 1971 and yet its lyrics paint a glimpse of innocent youth in a way we all relate to.
	www.notlame.com /CDSPRAGUE3.html (413 words)

	Merseybeat lp
		The ever-prolific Frank Lee Sprague knows a thing or two about delivering the goods, which he does like nobody's business on this energetic, pulsating, beatrific sequel to 2004's superb Merseybeat.
		As he did on Merseybeat, Sprague kicks up the dust as if he and his clones (he plays all instruments except drums) were playing a lunchtime session at the original Cavern.
		Sprague ups the ante here with a baker's dozen songs that are even better than those on Merseybeat, and those songs were pretty damn good.
	merseybeatlp.tripod.com /lp (729 words)

	ERA Online \| Sprague Library
		Sprague, ERA member No. 1, engineered and operated the first practical electric street car line and later invented practical multiple-unit control.
		Frank) Sprague and consisted of elements of Mr.
		It is fitting that this vast and growing collection of historical, technical and economic data on electric railways is named in his honor.
	erausa.org /sprague (164 words)

	Amazon.com: Merseybeat: Music: Frank Lee Sprague (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		With the release of his newest LP Merseybeat, West Texas rock'n'roll artist Frank Lee Sprague has achieved his goal of contributing something fresh and invigorating to rock ‘n’ roll.
		Frank claims to play a Fender Jaguar through a Silver Tone amp but I swear I'm hearing a vintage Rickenbacker through a creamy compressor and Vox amp.
		Frank has certainly called on his talent for what "feels" right in relation to each performance.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00069E3FS?v=glance (1183 words)

	Frank Lee Sprague mytexasmusic.com
		Whether you're a Frank Lee Sprague fan or a Sprague Brothers fan, or both, you'll want to own the 2004 release “SAVAGE SPRAGUE BROTHERS – EARLY RECORDINGS FROM THE VAULT.” (Wichita Falls Records WFR334) The disc is dripping with Buddy Holly influences, but the brothers' sound is distinctive and tighter than the Holly sound.
		The Sprague Brothers use classic chord progressions from that time in their songs, and the subject matter is similar to that of the day.
		The Sprague Brothers cover Adamson/Lane's “Everything I Have Is Yours” and render an absolutely soulful performance.
	www.mytexasmusic.com /spraguebrothers/spraguebrothers.html (286 words)

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