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The Invention of the Track Circuit

The Invention of the Track Circuit

by American Railway Association

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Author
American Railway Association
Title
The Invention of the Track Circuit The history of Dr. William Robinson's invention of the track circuit, the fundamental unit which made possible our present automatic block signaling and interlocking systems
Credits
Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
TF: Technology: Railroad engineering and operation
Subject
Railroads -- Signaling -- Block system
Category
Text
eBook-No.
45179
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45179
Release Date
March 20, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE INVENTION OF THE TRACK CIRCUIT
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.THE TRACK CIRCUIT [1]
  5. 5.Resolution
  6. 6.THE INVENTION OF THE TRACK CIRCUIT
  7. 7.UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM ROBINSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. Improvement in Electric-Signaling Apparatus for Railroads Specifications forming part of Letters Patent No. 130,661, dated August 20, 1872.
  8. 8.DR. WILLIAM ROBINSON [2] Electrical and Mechanical Engineer Fellow American Institute of Electrical Engineers Graduate of Wesleyan University with Degrees of A.B. and A.M. Post Graduate of Boston University with Degree of Ph.D.
  9. 9.DR. ROBINSON'S RECORD FROM WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
  10. 10.A.I.E.E. RECORD OF DR. WILLIAM ROBINSON
  11. 11.WILLIAM ASHBRIDGE BALDWIN
  12. 12.THE TRACK CIRCUIT
  13. 13.THE TRACK CIRCUIT IN GREAT BRITAIN AND ON THE CONTINENT By T. S. Lascelles

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