Changes
Published in Cornell University Press eBooks • Aug 15, 2013
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Authors:
Charity Vogel
Abstract
This chapter discusses the changes that occurred in 1868–1893 after the Angola Horror. It begins with George Westinghouse Jr.'s invention of the air brake that could stop railroad trains quickly and reliably by harnessing compressed air. Westinghouse, a young mechanic, received the first patent on h...
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