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George Westinghouse : powering the world / William R. Huber ; foreword by Gary Hoover.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Huber, William R., 1941- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Westinghouse, George, 1846-1914.
- Westinghouse, George.
- Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company--History.
- Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.
- Inventors--United States--Biography.
- Inventors.
- Electric industries.
- History.
- United States.
- Electrical engineers--United States--Biography.
- Electrical engineers.
- Businessmen--United States--Biography.
- Businessmen.
- Electric industries--United States--History.
- Electrical engineering--History.
- Electrical engineering.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 279 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2022]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Foreword / by Gary Hoover
- Origins
- Working on the railroad
- It's hard to stop a train
- The Smoky City
- Straight air brakes
- Automatic air brakes
- What's a Wilmerding?
- Two trains, one track
- Solitude
- Gas pains
- More energy
- AC or DC
- Assembling the pieces
- The greatest inventor who ever lived
- The greatest experimenter who ever lived
- Bankers always win
- Dying for electricity
- The worst of times
- The White City
- Over a barrel at Niagara
- New lands to conquer
- Rotary redux
- Trolleys and trains
- Panic!
- Homes and family
- Retirement, honors, and death
- Memorials
- The next century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781476644141
- 1476644144
- Publisher Number:
- 99989938528
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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