March 5, 1872: Westinghouse Gives Railroads a Brake
Funny how most folks remember Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla but not George Westinghouse, even though he was arguably a more important inventor than either of them, and founded a company that still bears his name.
Prolific inventor George Westinghouse Jr. designs a safe and reliable automatic brake to stop trains right in their tracks.
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On 3/5/2008 13:30:55
Chas S. Clifton wrote
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