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Tags: Famous Inventors | patents | technology | Westinghouse - U.S. Patent 34,605 , grain and seed winnowers
- U.S. Patent 106,899 , improvements in steam engine and pump
- U.S. Patent 109,695 , improvement in atmospheric car-brake pipes
- U.S. Patent 136,631 , improvement in steam-power-brake couplings
- U.S. Patent 149,901 , improvement in valves for fluid brake-pipes
- U.S. Patent 218,149 , improvement in fluid-pressure brake apparatus
- U.S. Patent 280,269 , fluid-pressure regulator
- U.S. Patent 366,362 , electrical converter
- U.S. Patent 399,639 , system of electrical distribution
- U.S. Patent 314,089 , system for the protection of railroad-tracks and gas-pipe lines
- U.S. Patent 400,420 , fluid-meter
- U.S. Patent 425,059 , fluid-pressure automatic brake mechanism
- U.S. Patent 427,489 , alternating current electric meter
- U.S. Patent 437,740 , fluid-pressure automatic brake
- U.S. Patent 446,159 , switch and signal apparatus
- U.S. Patent 454,129 , pipe-coupling
- U.S. Patent 497,394 , conduit electric railway
- U.S. Patent 499,336 , draw-gear apparatus for cars
- U.S. Patent 550,465 , electric railway
- U.S. Patent 579,506 , current-collecting device for railway-vehicles
- U.S. Patent 595,007 , elevator
- U.S. Patent 595,008 , electric railway
- U.S. Patent 609,484 , fluid pressure automatic brake
- U.S. Patent 672,114 , draft appliance for railway cars
- U.S. Patent 672,117 , draw-gear and buffing apparatus
- U.S. Patent 676,108 , electric railway system
- U.S. Patent 687,468 , draw-gear and buffing apparatus
- U.S. Patent 727,039 , automatic fluid pressure brake apparatus
- U.S. Patent 922,827 , gearing
- U.S. Patent 995,508 , elastic-fluid turbine
- U.S. Patent 1,119,913 , electric railway
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Tags: inventions | patents | technology | Thomas Edison | Westinghouse Menlo Park (1876-1881)From wiki, the story of Thomas Edison, Menlo Park and the start of the electrical age
Edison's major innovation was the first industrial research lab, which was built in Menlo Park, New Jersey. Built with the funds from the sale of Edison's quadruplex telegraph, it was the first institution set up with the specific purpose of producing constant technological innovation and improvement. Edison was legally attributed with most of the inventions produced there, though many employees carried out research and development work under his direction. His staff was generally told to carry out his directions in conducting research, and he drove them hard to produce results. The large research group, which included engineers and other workers, based much of their research on work done by others before them. |
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Tags: Famous Inventors | technology | Thomas Edison Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park" by a newspaper reporter, he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large teamwork to the process of invention, and therefore is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory. Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors in history, holding 1,093 U.S. patents in his name, as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France and Germany. He is credited with numerous inventions that contributed to mass communication and, in particular, telecommunications. His advanced work in these fields was an outgrowth of his early career as a telegraph operator. Edison originated the concept and implementation of electric-power generation and distribution to homes, businesses, and factories - a crucial development in the modern industrialized world. His first power plant was on Manhattan Island, New York. |
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