Word: braking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this opinion he was joined by the late great George Westinghouse. Both counselled against attempting to make and transmit Alternating Current, despite its comparative cheapness. Mr. Westinghouse had an alternative idea-Compressed Air, upon which he had been experimenting (e.g. his air-brake). The original plans of Cataract Construction Co. actually called for a plant at the Falls whence Mr. Westinghouse felt confident he could transmit compressed air to take the place of steam behind industrial pistons in Buffalo, 20 mi. away...
...Bendix Corp., Electric Auto-Lite, Wright and Curtiss. The new aviation accessory corporation will be capitalized at $140,000,000 President of Bendix Aviation Corp. is Vincent Bendix, inventor of the Bendix Drive, now used on more than 30,000.000 automobiles, developer, also, of the Bendix Four Wheel Brake. Tallish, well-built, with brown hair and a boyish complexion that shows no signs of his having been in existence for almost haF a century (born 1881), Mr. Bendix is nevertheless alarmed concerning embonpoint. Lately he acquired an elastic belt to pre vent undue Bendix expansion. An incident in the Bendix...
...faster and faster so that it lurched across the highway. The passengers called to the driver; he paid no attention to their cries, but leaned lazily back driving with one hand, reckless and grinning. At last one of the passengers jumped into the seat beside him, pulled the emergency brake, stopped the bus and abused the driver who had been dead for about three minutes...
Team No. 37?Charlotte Kush, home girl, no salary; Dominick Laperte, brake shop hand, $30. Prize money...
Westinghouse Air Brake...