(1846-1914), American inventor, engineer, and industrialist. He devised the air brake about 1868. Westinghouse invented many other safety devices, especially for automatic railway signaling; developed a system for transporting natural gas; and acquired more than 400 patents, including many for alternating-current machinery.
George Westinghouse, Jr (6 October 1846 – 12 March 1914) was an American entrepreneur and engineer who invented the railroad air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical ...
Westinghouse Companies were the product of the mechanical inventiveness and the business acumen of George Westinghouse. ... Related History • Electric Chair Thomas Edison and ...
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