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" George Westinghouse : "
Quentin R. Skrabec, Jr.
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BL
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Record Number
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950108
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b704478
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Main Entry
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Skrabec, Quentin R.
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Title & Author
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George Westinghouse : : gentle genius /\ Quentin R. Skrabec, Jr.
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Publication Statement
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New York :: Algora Pub.,, ©2007.
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259 pages ;; 24 cm
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ISBN
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0875865062
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: 0875865070
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: 0875865089
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: 9780875865065
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: 9780875865072
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: 9780875865089
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-250) and index.
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Contents
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Panic of 1907 -- In search of character -- Railroad inventor -- Pittsburgh industrialist -- Victorian engineer -- American and international industrialist -- New interest -- War of the currents -- Westinghouse and the Tesla system -- Westinghouse goes to the fair -- Wilmerding, America's company town -- Niagara's white coal -- East Pittsburgh -- Duopoly -- Old genius and his employees -- His last chapter -- Capitalism with a heart : a futuristic vision.
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Subject
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Westinghouse, George,1846-1914.
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Westinghouse, George,1846-1914.
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Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Company-- History.
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Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Company.
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Electrical engineering-- History.
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Inventors-- United States, Biography.
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Electrical engineering.
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Inventors.
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United States.
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Dewey Classification
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620.0092B
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LC Classification
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T40.W4S57 2007
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