RESEARCH ETHICS
COMMERCIALIZATION
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Question
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Railroad travel became safer with improvements to ____
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consolidation
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lightbulbs
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kerosene
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air brakes
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Straight air brake In the air brake’s simplest form, called the straight air system, compressed air pushes on a piston in a cylinder. The piston is connected through mechanical linkage to brake shoes that can rub on the train wheels, using the resulting friction to slow the train.
Detailed explanation-2: -Air brake system is most efficient and reliable braking system used to run heavy and long trains at high speeds.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Westinghouse air brake system. In this system, air reservoirs are provided on every vehicle and the locomotive charges the train pipe with a positive air pressure, which releases the vehicle brakes and charges the air reservoirs on the vehicles.
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