Journal - Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania (1826)
Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) · [Philadelphia : Franklin Institute] · leaf 155
s requiredis not an automaton in the place of an engineman, but an auxil- I40 Frank J. Sprague. [J. F. I. iary system of train control which, while fully protecting thetrain and reenforcing the engineers intelligence, would leavehim practically undisturbed in the handling of his equipment solong as… … Brake application magnet. need in railroad operation. The responsibility for failure to makegreater progress than has attended this development must be laidin considerable measure to the attitude of some of those in positionof authority who have successfully discouraged all forward-looking efforts.…
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