GK
INVENTIONS
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Question
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____ invented the air brake for use on railroads that greatly helped trains to become safer, faster and added more cars to their length.
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George Pullman
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George A. Custer
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George Westinghouse
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Perceiving that increased safety on this new system of transportation was necessary for further development, Westinghouse invented and patented a compressed-air brake system in 1869 to replace the standard manual braking system, which was often faulty.
Detailed explanation-2: -In April of 1869, he obtained a patent for one of his most important inventions, the air brake. This device enabled trains to be stopped with fail-safe accuracy by the locomotive engineer for the first time and was eventually adopted on the majority of the world’s railroads.
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