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George Westinghouse invented the air brake for electric railway cars around the 1880's. He also purchased the patent rights to generators which used alternating currents, as well as patenting Transformers that reduced high-voltage power to lower voltage levels. His new system made long-distance transmission more efficient, over Edison's system of direct current which couldn't transmit electricity very far.

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