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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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A Life of George Westinghouse: Biography of the Engineering Pioneer - his Electrical Inventions, Railway Air Brake and Successes in Business

A Life of George Westinghouse: Biography of the Engineering Pioneer - his Electrical Inventions, Railway Air Brake and Successes in Business

Prout, Henry G.

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Business BiographiesFiction AnthologiesGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1789872677
ISBN13: 9781789872675
Publisher: Pantianos Classics
Published: Jan 1 1921
Pages: 228
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.52 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The story of businessman and engineer George Westinghouse is fascinating; his inventions revolutionized rail transport, and his pioneering distribution of electrical power changed life for Americans forever.

Brought up in the small town of Central Bridge in upstate New York, Westinghouse showed talent from a young age, learning much of his father's mechanical knowhow. Filing his first patent at the tender age of 19, it was through his gifts in engineering and knack for business that Westinghouse rose to become one of the biggest names in cutting-edge American invention and technology. Though he built a variety of induction motors, steam and gas engines, it was his mechanical air braking system for trains that endured - its descendants are still used in modern locomotives worldwide.

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