| 单词 | George Westinghouse |
| 例句 | He wanted to make sure that what he called “the executioner’s current” would be George Westinghouse’s AC. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other side was Westinghouse Electric Company, with a bid to wire Jackson Park for alternating current, using patents that its founder, George Westinghouse, had acquired a few years earlier from Nikola Tesla. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Mr. Moore is writing the film adaptation of his novel “The Last Days of Night,” about the rivalry between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse during the dawn of modern electricity. Conquering TV With ‘Mad Men.’ Now Matthew Weiner Publishes a Novel. 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z A historical novel about the battle between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse over the invention of the lightbulb. Notable fiction in 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Michael Shannon also stars, as his competitor George Westinghouse, with support from the British Spider-Man star Tom Holland. Thomas Edison to Tonya Harding: Oscar hopes pinned on biopics at the Toronto film festival 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z After parting ways with Edison, Tesla sold patents that relied on alternating current to industrialist George Westinghouse. 11 Surprising facts about Thomas Edison 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z The contest between their approaches to electrification was the subject of another recent movie, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s “The Current War,” which emphasized the business competition between Edison and George Westinghouse. ‘Tesla’ Review: Lightning Strikes, but Quietly 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z The air brake, invented by George Westinghouse in 1869, sent compressed air through a line to enable the train’s engineer to apply brakes from the locomotive. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z There were bitter fights, in particular between Edison and George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla, who were advocating the use of AC in early power-distribution systems. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The next stage of invention in electric power came about with the contribution of George Westinghouse. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z George Westinghouse, the inventor, owned it for a time. Blaine Mansion condo goes on the market for $2.2 million 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z In 1884, he sold his invention to George Westinghouse, Edison’s biggest competitor. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He was, she said, a smart student and a talented athlete, later playing baseball — he was a pitcher — and running track at George Westinghouse High School. Caron Nazario saw Eric Garner, who he called ‘uncle,’ die in police hands. Then officers pepper-sprayed him six years later. 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Rival 19th-century inventors Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse battle for dominance in the use of differing electrical currents. Movies on TV this week: 'Tootsie' on Showtime; 'Halloween' on AMC 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z Sary Rios, a senior at George Westinghouse College Prep on the West Side, said she has used the time out of classes to focus on college applications, with help from a coach at Bottom Line. Anxious students feeling pinch amid Chicago teachers’ strike 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z It stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison and Michael Shannon as George Westinghouse and earned a 59% “rotten” rating on Rotten Tomatoes. 'Joker' regains top spot as 'Black and Blue,' 'Countdown' and 'Current War' fall short 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z In 2017, when the prestige drama about the rivalry between inventor Thomas Edison, industrialist George Westinghouse and visionary engineer Nikola Tesla premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, it was met by lukewarm to negative reviews. Review | ‘The Current War’ is packed with historical detail, but the film lacks electricity 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The Current War — Director’s Cut Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse and Nikolai Tesla square off in a race to illuminate the modern world. Movie openings in L.A. this week: 'The Current War' and more 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z General Electric, for instance, was once a jewel of American productive capacity, a corporation created out of George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison’s patents for electric systems. Boeing's travails show what's wrong with modern capitalism | Matt Stoller 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Financial naiveté: The industrialist George Westinghouse financed the building of Tesla’s motor and alternating current system, buying Tesla’s patents in exchange for a lucrative royalty agreement. Lessons From Tesla (the Man, Not the Car) 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z WAB -1.75% unites the creations of two of the 19th century’s most famous inventors and rivals: Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse. Why Thomas Edison Would Not Be Happy About GE’s Latest Deal 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z And he relates the nineteenth-century battle of alternating and direct currents between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse. The triumphs and tragedies in energy history 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z The studio has postponed the release until next year of its forthcoming film “The Current War,” a period film about the rivalry between scientists/entrepreneurs Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse. Weinstein Co. in sale talks with private equity firm 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z If “The Current War,” a historical drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison and Michael Shannon as rival inventor George Westinghouse, is moved to 2018, it wouldn’t qualify for awards this year, including the Oscars.... Weinstein Co. Considers Delaying Release of ‘The Current War’ 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Two world premieres — “The Current War,” a lifeless drama about the rivalry between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse, and the rambling Denzel Washington legal thriller “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” — met with tepid response. Who were the big awards season winners and losers from this year's Toronto International Film Festival? 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Graham Moore’s “The Last Days of Night” fictionalizes the highly charged late-19th-century rivalry between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse over the respective merits of direct and alternating current. Set in New York, Fit for the Hammock 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z In 1900, said McDade, the businessman and engineer George Westinghouse bought the mine and briefly conducted smelting experiments there, but he shut it down in 1907 and began auctioning off all the buildings. A mine fading from the landscape hides a history of conflict 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z George Westinghouse, a prolific inventor and rival of Thomas Edison, founded the company in 1886. Its technological breakthroughs included the commercializing of alternating current generators and transformers. Bet on nuclear power sends Westinghouse into bankruptcy 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Another rivalry, between Edison and George Westinghouse — and, by proxy, Nikola Tesla — involved the commercialization of direct versus alternating current for America’s electricity system. In New Jersey, Exploring the Innovations of Thomas Edison 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z A few years later, a hydroelectric station on the Niagara River using Nikola Tesla’s designs and equipment supplied by George Westinghouse helped turn Buffalo into an industrial force. How New York City Gets Its Electricity 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Or the underdog — alternating current, a superior technology devised by the eccentric genius Nikola Tesla and licensed by George Westinghouse? New crime fiction from Oscar-winning screenwriter, comic-caper master and more 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z Set in 1888 at the birth of the electrical age, it follows a young lawyer named Paul Cravath who's asked to defend industry titan George Westinghouse against a billion dollar lawsuit from inventor Thomas Edison. New Adventures: all the best science fiction and fantasy books coming out in August 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z The film with the same name is about the epic clash between industry titan George Westinghouse and inventor Thomas Edison over one question: who invented the lightbulb? Eddie Redmayne will star in historical thriller The Last Days of Night 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z The great inventor Thomas Edison promoted the lethal power of alternating current in an attempt to discredit his business rival George Westinghouse. America’s Long and Grisly Search for the Perfect Way to Kill 2014-04-30T19:51:47Z Tuesday afternoon found him in the last row of the bleachers at George Westinghouse high school in Brooklyn, where the team was taking on the South Shore Vikings, also from Brooklyn. Character Study: Tom Konchalski Stands Out on the Court, as a Scout 2013-02-02T04:04:18Z His rival George Westinghouse was in favour of alternating current, as developed in Europe. A universal plug socket... at last? 2012-05-31T23:41:40Z Contemporaries of Tesla working for George Westinghouse developed practical methods of distributing AC power from power plants before Tesla came to work for Westinghouse. Nikola Tesla Wasn't God And Thomas Edison Wasn't The Devil 2012-05-18T05:41:49Z A late product of the brain of George Westinghouse who was the inventor of the air brake and numerous electrical devices is an air spring for automobiles. Business English A Practice Book 2011-11-19T03:00:25.507Z Alternating current, which operated at higher voltages, was later championed by the Edison rivals Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse. Direct Current Technology Gets Another Look 2011-11-17T23:57:26Z When Tesla joins forces with George Westinghouse, whose company, driven by alternating current, competes with Edison’s interests, Edison wages a campaign to demonize the type of power he cannot abide. | New Jersey: Edison and Tesla Spat in ?The Dangers of Electric Lighting? ? Review 2011-11-06T00:42:48Z To apply the brake, air is allowed to escape, reducing the pressure and allowing the spring to act—George Westinghouse, United States, 1869. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z George Westinghouse was the man who won the War of the Currents in the United States, and in Europe, AC won the wars almost before they started. Nikola Tesla Wasn't God And Thomas Edison Wasn't The Devil 2012-05-18T05:41:49Z Everything George Westinghouse was or had been the General Electric was not and had never been. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated George Westinghouse's father was superintendent of the Schenectady Agricultural Works, and it was there that the boy found his vocation. American Men of Mind Tesla signed a lucrative contract with the famous railway engineer George Westinghouse, the inventor of the Westinghouse Air Brake which is used by most railways all over the world to the present day. The Dawn of Amateur Radio in the U.K. and Greece: a personal view At last, one of the most ingenious and successful among them, Mr. George Westinghouse, resolved to make experiments on the subject, and was fortunate enough to associate with himself Capt. Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883 Another great protagonist of the alternating current was George Westinghouse, who was quite as much an improver and inventor as a manufacturer of machinery. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest George Westinghouse was too strong a man to be thus easily shaken down. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated This great success was wholly the fruit of George Westinghouse's personal endeavor. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated To appreciate the story of what the "System" tried to do to George Westinghouse and what he withstood, one must know the man. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated |
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