GK
INVENTIONS
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Question
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Sleeping (railway) car
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Airship
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Box car (railway)
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Air brakes
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Detailed explanation-1: -Pullman developed his first railroad sleeping car, the Pullman sleeper or “palace car” in 1864. They were designed after the packet boats that traveled the Erie Canal of his youth.
Detailed explanation-2: -Back when railroads began stitching the United States together, one name was synonymous with comfortable train travel: Pullman. George Mortimer Pullman (1831-1897) made his name famous as the designer of the eponymous sleeping car, which made its debut in 1865.
Detailed explanation-3: -Debuted in August 1859, the Pullman sleepers were an immediate success. Some reviews compared them to steamboat cabins and declared them to be the most-luxurious way to travel. The first real (unconverted) Pullman car-the “Pioneer, ‘’ invented jointly with Field-appeared in 1865.