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	Westinghouse Electric Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Westinghouse Electric Corporation was an organization founded by George Westinghouse in 1886 as Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company.
		Westinghouse Electric received the rights for the first patent for alternating-current transmission, from Nikola Tesla, and unveiled the technology for lighting in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
		It was historically the rival to General Electric.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation (334 words)

	Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1886) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Westinghouse Electric Corporation was an organization founded by George Westinghouse in 1886 as Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company.
		Westinghouse Electric received the rights for the first patent for alternating-current transmission, from Nikola Tesla, and unveiled the technology for lighting in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
		It was historically the rival to General Electric.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation (434 words)

	Westinghouse Electric Company Our Company
		His firm faith in the alternating-current system led to the founding of the Westinghouse Electric Company in 1886, in bold opposition to the well-entrenched backers of the direct-current system, led by Thomas Edison.
		This system was also a factor in winning the Westinghouse Electric Company the contract to install the first power machinery at Niagara Falls, which bore Tesla's name and patent numbers.
		Perhaps the finest tribute of all came from inventor Nikola Tesla, whose patents for the polyphase system of alternating current and the induction motor were acquired by Westinghouse and gave the company its early leadership in electric power developments.
	www.westinghousenuclear.com /A1b.asp (643 words)

	Westinghouse Electric Corporation -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		It was founded as the Westinghouse Electric Company in 1886 by George Westinghouse (1846–1914), the inventor of the air brake and other devices, to construct and market alternating-current electrical systems.
		As an employee of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation he devised the television transmission tube in 1923 and the receiver in 1924.
		The company was incorporated in 1927 as United Independent Broadcasters, Inc. Its name was changed a year later to Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., and in 1974 it adopted the name CBS Inc. In 1995 CBS Inc. was bought by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, which...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9076678?tocId=9076678 (742 words)

	Westinghouse Electric Corporation - Wikipedia
		Die Westinghouse Electric Corporation mit ihrem Hauptquartier in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, ist eine 1886 von George Westinghouse gegründete Firma.
		Westinghouse Electric erhielt ihr erstes Patent für die Wechselstrom-Übertragung.
		Westinghouse war seinerzeit der Rivale von General Electric.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation (151 words)

	Augusta Georgia: opinion@ugusta:Laments loss of Westinghouse name 12/5/97
		So when I received the news that the name ``Westinghouse Electric Corporation'' would cease on Dec. 1 and be renamed CBS Corporation, I was quite disheartened.
		The corporation he organized in 1886 initially manufactured transformers for the transmission of alternating current.
		Westinghouse was the leader in many of these fields.
	chronicle.augusta.com /stories/120697/matos.html (307 words)

	Westinghouse Works, 1904
		Organized in 1886 as the Westinghouse Electric Company with a force of 200 men, the name of the company later became the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.
		The main function of the Electric & Manufacturing Company was to develop and produce "apparatus for the generation, transmission and application of alternating current electricity." (The Westinghouse Companies in the Railway & Industrial Fields, 1905) The company also produced electric railway motors, producing approximately 75,000 by 1905.
		The Electric & Manufacturing Company played an integral role in several notable projects, namely the conversion of Niagara Falls to electric power, the installations of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company in New York and the South Side Elevated Railroad in Chicago, and the powering of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/papr/west/westelec.html (365 words)

	Westinghouse Company History
		On January 8, 1886 George Westinghouse was granted a charter for the Westinghouse Electric Company by Governor Pattison of Pennsylvania.
		George Westinghouse was born in Central Bridge, New York on October 6, 1846, and was the eighth of ten children.
		Westinghouse was known to many as "the greatest living engineer," a title that almost no one could duspute.
	www.otal.umd.edu /~vg/amst205.F97/vj27/project5a.html (550 words)

	Westinghouse Electric Corporation
		El Westinghouse Electric Company, establecida jefatura en Monroeville, Pennsylvania, es una organización fundada por George Westinghouse en 1886.
		1999- BNFL una compañía nuclear BRITÁNICA adquiere negocio de la energía atómica del CBS y toma el Westinghouse conocido Electric Company
		Westinghouse eléctrico recibió la primera patente para la transmisión de la corriente alternada, y reveló la tecnología para encenderse en gran Barrington, Massachusetts.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/we/Westinghouse%20Electric%20Corporation.htm (319 words)

	Invent Now Hall of Fame Search Inventor Profile
		In 1886 he founded the Westinghouse Electric Company, foreseeing the possibilities of alternating current as opposed to direct current, which was limited to a radius of two or three miles.
		George Westinghouse invented a system of air brakes that made travel by train safe and built one of the greatest electric manufacturing organizations in the United States.
		As a result of financial problems, Westinghouse lost control of his electric company in 1907 but remained in control of his other companies until he died.
	www.invent.org /hall_of_fame/151.html (288 words)

	Inventor of the Week: Archive
		Westinghouse founded Westinghouse Electric in Pittsburgh (1886), and went head to head against Edison's General Electric, employing Nikola Tesla to work with him to create the motors and equipment necessary to deliver alternating current (AC) to a nearly unlimited number of users over great distances.
		Certain that a similar system could be used to deliver electricity, Westinghouse worked with an English engineer to develop a transformer that could "step down" alternating current (AC) electricity from the high voltage needed to carry it long distances to a lower voltage suited to the point of use.
		After a number of impressive public demonstrations, including the Columbian Exhibition in Chicago in 1893, Westinghouse's and Tesla's AC system was supreme: soon, 95% of public electricity was switched to the AC system; and even General Electric was forced to cross-license Westinghouse's patents (1896).
	web.mit.edu /invent/iow/westinghouse.html (521 words)

	Westinghouse Works, 1904
		In 1885 or 1886 he organized the Westinghouse Electric Company, which has outgrown all its other undertakings....
		Westinghouse orders a train and supervises a test of his latest device for simultaneously operating and controlling all the motors on the train, or he orders out the car on which are fitted the new single-phase alternating current motors, which, it is said, are going to change the practice on all electric roads.
		There is a Westinghouse railroad, several miles long, connecting the several works, carrying castings and supplies, delivering the mechanisms that are made, and giving opportunity for experiments with cars and trains and systems of electric distribution.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/papr/west/westbig.html (521 words)

	Invent Now Hall of Fame Search Inventor Profile
		In 1886 he founded the Westinghouse Electric Company, foreseeing the possibilities of alternating current as opposed to direct current, which was limited to a radius of two or three miles.
		George Westinghouse invented a system of air brakes that made travel by train safe and built one of the greatest electric manufacturing organizations in the United States.
		As a result of financial problems, Westinghouse lost control of his electric company in 1907 but remained in control of his other companies until he died.
	www.invent.org /Hall_Of_Fame/1_1_6_detail.asp?vInventorID=151 (288 words)

	British Thompson-Houston History
		The foundations of British Thomson-Houston (BTH) were laid in 1886, when a London firm Laing, Wharton and Down was formed to exploit in the United Kingdom the sale of products made by the American Electric Co. (which became the Thomson-Houston Electric Company in 1892).
		Though the bill was unsuccessful, the Power Act of 1900 enabled BTH and British Westinghouse to obtain new contracts involving power supply to large areas.
		This firm became part of British Thomson-Houston Ltd. when it was formed in 1896 with the capital held mainly by American Thomson-Houston (part of GE of America) and partly by British and French bankers.
	www.marconi.com /Home/about_us/Our%20History/GEC%20Heritage/British%20Thompson-Houston%20History (288 words)

	Westinghouse Works, 1904
		Organized in 1886 as the Westinghouse Electric Company with a force of 200 men, the name of the company later became the Westinghouse Electric& Manufacturing Company.
		It became the largest of the Westinghouse companies and was thought to be the largest and most modern workshop in the world at the time the American Mutoscope & Biograph Company filmed its operations.
		The largest aisle, measuring 70 feet across and one-third of a mile in length, was located in the East Machine Shop.
	www.georgewestinghouse.com /westelec.html (288 words)

	Inventor of the Week: Archive
		Westinghouse founded Westinghouse Electric in Pittsburgh (1886), and went head to head against Edison's General Electric, employing Nikola Tesla to work with him to create the motors and equipment necessary to deliver alternating current (AC) to a nearly unlimited number of users over great distances.
		George Westinghouse was a visionary of technology and business, whose ideas transformed the safety and services of the American railroad and electricity industries.
		Westinghouse had invented a special reduction valve that allowed highly pressurized natural gas to be emitted at the point of use in bursts at low pressure.
	web.mit.edu /invent/iow/westinghouse.html (521 words)

	Great American History Fact-Finder - -Westinghouse, George
		In 1886 he formed the Westinghouse Electric Company and devised the use of alternating current for electric power transmission.
		Westinghouse obtained about four hundred patents during his lifetime, most concerning railways, electricity, and natural gas.
		He invented the air brake in 1868, leading to the formation of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company and his fortune.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/gahff/html/ff_191500_westinghouse.htm (98 words)

	Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1886) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Westinghouse Electric Corporation was an organization founded by George Westinghouse in 1886 as Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company.
		Westinghouse Electric received the rights for the first patent for alternating-current transmission, from Nikola Tesla, and unveiled the technology for lighting in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
		1998 - sells remaining manufacturing asset, its nuclear business, to BNFL who still operates it as Westinghouse Electric Company; now known as CBS Corporation, creates new subsidiary company called Westinghouse Electric Corporation to manage the Westinghouse brand
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation (410 words)

	How George Westinghouse changed the world
		Westinghouse redesigned the transformer, and in 1886 he installed the first multiple-voltage ac power system.
		Westinghouse was widely regarded as the world's greatest living engineer in 1910 when he was elected to serve as President of ASME.
		Westinghouse's "Battle of the Currents" with Thomas Edison was legendary.
	www.memagazine.org /backissues/october96/features/westingh/westingh.html (327 words)

	Westinghouse Electric Corporation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Westinghouse Electric Corporation was an organization founded by George Westinghouse in 1886 as Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company.
		Westinghouse Electric received the rights for the first patent for alternating-current transmission, from Nikola Tesla, and unveiled the technology for lighting in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
		In addition to George Westinghouse, engineers working for the company include William Stanley, Nikola Tesla and Oliver Schallenberger.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation (327 words)

	Westinghouse for sale, British parent says - 2005-07-01
		Westinghouse, founded in 1886 in Pittsburgh by George Westinghouse, was acquired in 1998 by BNFL from CBS Corp. for almost $1.2 billion, including $238 million in cash.
		Analysts say British-government-owned BNFL, which is seeking to trim costs, may be seeking as much as $1.8 billion for Westinghouse, which is expected to attract interest from engineering companies such as General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) and possibly private equity firms.
		Westinghouse is leading a consortium that is bidding to build four nuclear reactors in China, a deal that could be worth $6 billion.
	www.bizjournals.com /pittsburgh/stories/2005/06/27/daily33.html (327 words)

	Electric power - Open Encyclopedia
		Westinghouse had been operating an alternating current lighting plant in Great Barrington, Massachusetts since 1886.
		Electric power, often known as power or electricity, involves the production and delivery of electrical energy in sufficient quantities to operate domestic appliances, office equipment, industrial machinery and provide sufficient energy for both domestic and commercial lighting, heating, cooking and industrial processes.
		Although electricity had been known to be produced as a result of the chemical reactions that take place in an electrolytic cell since Alessandro Volta developed the voltaic pile in 1800, its production by this means was, and still is, expensive.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Electric_power (721 words)

	Westinghouse Electric Company Our Company
		His firm faith in the alternating-current system led to the founding of the Westinghouse Electric Company in 1886, in bold opposition to the well-entrenched backers of the direct-current system, led by Thomas Edison.
		This system was also a factor in winning the Westinghouse Electric Company the contract to install the first power machinery at Niagara Falls, which bore Tesla's name and patent numbers.
		©2006 Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, a BNFL Group company.
	www.westinghousenuclear.com /A1b.asp (652 words)

	Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1886) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Westinghouse Electric Corporation was an organization founded by George Westinghouse in 1886 as Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company.
		Westinghouse Electric received the rights for the first patent for alternating-current transmission, from Nikola Tesla, and unveiled the technology for lighting in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.
		George Westinghouse had previously founded the Westinghouse Air Brake Company.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation (434 words)

	Westinghouse Electric Company Our Company
		His firm faith in the alternating-current system led to the founding of the Westinghouse Electric Company in 1886, in bold opposition to the well-entrenched backers of the direct-current system, led by Thomas Edison.
		Perhaps the finest tribute of all came from inventor Nikola Tesla, whose patents for the polyphase system of alternating current and the induction motor were acquired by Westinghouse and gave the company its early leadership in electric power developments.
		Born in Central Bridge, New York, on October 6, 1846, George Westinghouse was the eighth of 10 children.
	www.westinghousenuclear.com /A1b.asp (652 words)

	Westinghouse Works, 1904
		Organized in 1886 as the Westinghouse Electric Company with a force of 200 men, the name of the company later became the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.
		The main function of the Electric & Manufacturing Company was to develop and produce "apparatus for the generation, transmission and application of alternating current electricity." (The Westinghouse Companies in the Railway & Industrial Fields, 1905) The company also produced electric railway motors, producing approximately 75,000 by 1905.
		The Electric & Manufacturing Company played an integral role in several notable projects, namely the conversion of Niagara Falls to electric power, the installations of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company in New York and the South Side Elevated Railroad in Chicago, and the powering of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis.
	www.georgewestinghouse.com /westelec.html (652 words)

	Westinghouse Works, 1904
		Organized in 1886 as the Westinghouse Electric Company with a force of 200 men, the name of the company later became the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company.
		The main function of the Electric & Manufacturing Company was to develop and produce "apparatus for the generation, transmission and application of alternating current electricity." (The Westinghouse Companies in the Railway & Industrial Fields, 1905) The company also produced electric railway motors, producing approximately 75,000 by 1905.
		The Electric & Manufacturing Company played an integral role in several notable projects, namely the conversion of Niagara Falls to electric power, the installations of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company in New York and the South Side Elevated Railroad in Chicago, and the powering of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/papr/west/westelec.html (365 words)

	ipedia.com: Westinghouse Electric Corporation Article
		The Westinghouse Electric Company, headquartered in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, is an organization founded by George Westinghouse in 1886.
		Westinghouse logo The Westinghouse Electric Company, headquartered in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, is an organization founded by George Westinghouse in 1886.
		Other companies, including a lighting company (formerly Angelo Brothers) and an appliance company White-Westinghouse, license or use the Westinghouse name.
	www.ipedia.com /westinghouse_electric_corporation.html (275 words)

	Electric power - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch
		Westinghouse had been operating an alternating current lighting plant in Great Barrington, Massachusetts since 1886.
		Electric power, often known as power or electricity, involves the production and delivery of electrical energy in sufficient quantities to operate domestic appliances, office equipment, industrial machinery and provide sufficient energy for both domestic and commercial lighting, heating, cooking and industrial processes.
		With Tesla and his patents, Westinghouse built a power system for a gold mine in Telluride, Colorado in 1891, with a water driven 100 horsepower (75 kW) generator powering a 100 horsepower (75 kW) motor over a 2.5-mile (4 km) power line.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /electric_power.htm (753 words)

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