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Epoch making devices by nine American inventors
A compact survey of American invention ranks George Westinghouse among the era’s greats, noting his air brake and alternating current as epoch making. It traces other top contributors and achievements from Edison’s talking machine to flight, photography, and the steam era, concluding with the evolution of modern mechanisms and the rapid 20th century gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Westinghouse
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Weatinghouse
Emile Berliner
Archimedes
Lr Berliner
Capitol
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Thomas
Edison
Francia H. Richards
Elihu Thomson
Charles E. Scribner
Luther C. Crowell
Robert L. Hunter
John W. Hyatt
Charles J. van Depoele
van Depoele
Detroit
Gorliss
William Herschel
P. J Hortum
Britannica
Charles Thurber
John 5. Greenough
Elias Howe
Graham Bell
National Museum
Fullon
Olemont
John Filch
Burlington
Philadelphia