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29 de jun. de 2012 · But George Westinghouse was a giant among inventors, and if there's any one person who's responsible for powering our world, it's him. By the age of 13, Westinghouse was working in his father's shop, helping to make steam engines and agricultural equipment, for 50 cents a day. After serving the Union cause at the age of 17, he went to New York ...
George Westinghouse nacido el 6 de octubre de 1846, en Central Bridge, Nueva York, fue un inventor y empresario estadounidense, el principal responsable de la adopción de la corriente alterna para la transmisión de energía eléctrica en los Estados Unidos. Después de servir tanto en el ejército de los Estados Unidos como en la Armada ...
George Westinghouse invented the air-brake system for trains and brought alternating current power to cities. Westinghouse also had an infamous rivalry with fellow inventor Thomas Edison. While he may no longer be a household name, George Westinghouse and his inventions have shaped the modern world. George Westinghouse at work in 1910.
27 de feb. de 2019 · By Gary Hoover — February 27, 2019. His father owned a machine shop, but young George Westinghouse had no interest in doing what he was told. Obsessed with his own inventions and ideas, George earned his first patent at the age of nineteen. When he died forty-eight years later, he held over four hundred patents—granted one on average every ...
1846, Central Bridge, NY 1914, New York, NY. Westinghouse designed the first illuminated tennis court, lit by 1,500 bulbs. Photos: (left) George Westinghouse Museum
George Westinghouse jr. (Central Bridge, 6 oktober 1846 – New York, 12 maart 1914) was een Amerikaanse ondernemer en ingenieur. Hij was een vriend van Nikola Tesla en een rivaal van Thomas Edison bij de ontwikkeling van het Amerikaanse elektriciteitssysteem.
George Westinghouse. George Westinghouse, Jr. ( Central Bridge, Nova York, 6 d'octubre de 1846 - id., 12 de març de 1914 ), inventor estatunidenc, va ser el principal responsable de l'adopció del corrent altern per al subministrament d'energia elèctrica als Estats Units, per la qual cosa va haver de vèncer l'aferrissada oposició del ...
