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10 LIBRI IN INGLESE ASSOCIATI CON «WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE»
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1
George
Westinghouse: Gentle Genius
The problem with using steam drilling at Mount Cenis was the same as
Westinghouse's brake transmission problem; the steam condensed, limiting the
distance a pipe could carry it. The steam engine could of course be moved into
the tunnel ...
2
A Life of George
Westinghouse
... from older companies the electric business and the brake business in France,
Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Holland. This is the most important foreign
company after the British Westinghouse and the Westinghouse Brake Company.
The brakes on one vehicle in the middle of the train being disabled, the g'gdim"
vehicle to be made ready for transit without disturbing the train or shunting it off'.
— ' This can be done in a few seconds by the Westinghouse brake, by simply ...
New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council, 1802
4
The Angola Horror: The 1867 Train Wreck That Shocked the ...
In repeated trials, as well as in practical applications starting with the
Pennsylvania and Panhandle railroads and other early adopting lines, the
Westinghouse brake proved its clear superiority. Newspaper stories about close
calls with railroad ...
5
AC/DC: The Savage Tale of the First Standards War
Before the Westinghouse brake, it took nearly a mile to stop a fully loaded
passenger train going only ten miles per hour. With the Westinghouse brake, a
train traveling thirty miles per hour could be halted in just five hundred feet. Trains
could ...
6
American Entrepreneur: The Fascinating Stories of the People ...
To stop a train, it typically took a large crew of burly brakemen to manipulate the
heavy brake shoes then in use, but during this demonstration, a single engineer
activated the Westinghouse brake and the onrushing train ground to a halt only ...
Larry SCHWEIKART Ph.D., Lynne PIERSON DOTI Ph.D., 2009
7
Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Tlie Westinghouse Brake on the Gotthard Railway. By A. Beutschinger. (
Schweizerische Bauzeitung, 1888, p. 145.) Since the end of March 1888, the
introduction of the Westing- house brake on the Gotthard Eailway has been
definitely ...
Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain), 1888
8
Death Rode the Rails: American Railroad Accidents and ...
Because the vacuum had to be created to stop the train whereas the air was
already under pressure with the Westinghouse brake, the latter could stop a train
more quickly. While the air brake might yield pressures of 70 psi, the vacuum
brake ...
9
Handbook for Railway Steam Locomotive Enginemen
B.R. standard for coaching stock 165 73 Vacuum brake separate cylinder, C.
Class 164 79 Vacuum brake separate cylinder, F. Class 166 30 Diagram of
Westinghouse automatic brake 167 81 Westinghouse brake air compressor
governor 168 ...
10
Diplomat of the Americas: A Biography of William I. ...
5 Finally, in 1881, he persuaded a group of English collaborators to form the
Westinghouse Brake Company, Ltd. Similar companies, each granted broad
territorial rights, soon followed in Germany, France, and Russia. Later, as the
market for ...
