George Westinghouse
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George Westinghouse
Powering the World
Huber, William R.
McFarland & Co Inc
02/2022
277
Mole
Inglês
9781476686929
15 a 20 dias
540
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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
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
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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
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
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