William R. Huber: George Westinghouse

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While most know Thomas Edison for his invention of the light bulb, his counterpart, George Westinghouse, is too often overlooked. Westinghouse, however, became known as one of the most prolific inventors and businessmen of the Industrial Revolution. This biography reveals the man whose teachers suspected was mentally disabled and who quit college after one semester, yet founded more than 60 different companies employing 50,000 people, and received 361 U.S. patents. He later fought the "Battle of the Currents" (AC vs. DC) with Thomas Edison and won. Westinghouse, with his engineers, provided power and light for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. They harnessed the massive power of Niagara Falls and sent it over wires to light Buffalo and eventually the Northeast. His electric engines powered trains, and his air brakes stopped them. His scientific contributions forever changed the world.

Über den Autor

William R. Huber worked at Bell Telephone Laboratories and other major American technology companies before becoming an expert witness in patent litigation cases. He lives in West End, North Carolina.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Gary Hoover

Preface

Introduction

¿1.¿Origins

¿2.¿Working on the Railroad

¿3.¿It's Hard to Stop a Train

¿4.¿The Smoky City

¿5.¿Straight Air Brakes

¿6.¿Automatic Air Brakes

¿7.¿What's a Wilmerding?

¿8.¿Two Trains, One Track

¿9.¿Solitude

10.¿Gas Pains

11.¿More Energy

12.¿AC or DC

13.¿Assembling the Pieces

14.¿The Greatest Inventor Who Ever Lived

15.¿The Greatest Experimenter Who Ever Lived

16.¿Bankers Always Win

17.¿Dying for Electricity

18.¿The Worst of Times

19.¿The White City

20.¿Over a Barrel at Niagara

21.¿New Lands to Conquer

22.¿Rotary Redux

23.¿Trolleys and Trains

24.¿Panic!

25.¿Homes and Family

26.¿Retirement, Honors, and Death

27.¿Memorials

28.¿The Next Century

Appendix I-Westinghouse Family Genealogy

Appendix II-Automatic Air Brake Operation

Appendix III-Electrical Engineering 101

Appendix IV-How Does an Induction Motor Work?

Appendix V-How Does a Turbine Operate?

Appendix VI-Patent Law Primer

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2022
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Politikwissenschaft & Soziologie
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781476686929
ISBN-10:	1476686920
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Huber, William R.
Hersteller:	McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	254 x 178 x 16 mm
Von/Mit:	William R. Huber
Erscheinungsdatum:	14.02.2022
Gewicht:	0,554 kg