乔治·威斯汀豪斯
Also known as George Westinghouse Jr.
American inventor and businessman (1846–1914)
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George Westinghouse was an American inventor and businessman who lived from 1846 to 1914 and made significant contributions to industrial technology. While specific details of his achievements aren't provided here, his prominence in American innovation history makes him an important figure in the development of modern industry.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1846
- Died
- 1914,
- Works
- 5
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- George Westinghouse on monopoly, competition and standardization
- The electrification of railways
- Electricity in the development of the South
- Broadening the field of the marine steam turbine
- Science And Civilization - Vol I
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Article · 中文
小乔治·威斯汀豪斯（英語：George Westinghouse, Jr.，1846年10月6日－1914年3月12日），是美国賓州的实业家、发明家、工程師及西屋電氣创始人。他發明了火車的空气制动系統，並且是電力工業的先驅。他在19歲就取得了第一個專利。威斯汀豪斯看到了交流電在電力配送系統上的潛力，早在1880年代，他便投入所有資源在於發展交流電系統並將它推上市場，他的行動導致他的事業與愛迪生的直流系統直接競爭。1911年，威斯汀豪斯獲得了美國電氣工程學會（AIEE）的愛迪生獎章以彰顯他在"發展交流電系統相关的卓著貢獻與成就"。
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1846 births1914 deaths19th-century American businesspeopleAmerican company foundersAmerican electrical engineersAmerican industrialistsAmerican inventorsAmerican people of German descentAmerican railroad mechanical engineersBurials at Arlington National CemeteryBusinesspeople from Schenectady, New YorkEngineers from New York (state)