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  2. Timeline of General Electric - Wikipedia

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    1 1876-1950. 2 1950-2000. 3 2000 and beyond. ... The Electric Bond and Share Co., ... 1940 Philip D. Reed replaces Owen Young as Chairman

  3. Westinghouse Electric Corporation - Wikipedia

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    The Westinghouse Electric Corporation was an American manufacturing company founded in 1886 by George Westinghouse and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was originally named "Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company" and was renamed "Westinghouse Electric Corporation" in 1945. Through the early and mid-20th century ...

  4. History of AC power plugs and sockets - Wikipedia

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    Lampholder plug from 1893 GEC Ltd (London) catalogue. When electricity was first introduced into houses in the 1880s, it was primarily used for lighting. One common approach for other appliances (such as vacuum cleaners, electric fans, smoothing irons and curling tong heaters) was to connect to light bulb sockets using lampholder plugs. [1]

  5. A. C. Gilbert Company - Wikipedia

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    The A. C. Gilbert Company was an American toy company, once one of the largest in the world. Gilbert originated the Erector Set, which is a construction toy similar to Meccano in the rest of the world, and made chemistry sets, microscope kits, and a line of inexpensive reflector telescopes. In 1938, Gilbert purchased the American Flyer, a ...

  6. Fan (machine) - Wikipedia

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    A household electric fan. A large cylindrical fan. A fan is a powered machine used to create a flow of air. A fan consists of a rotating arrangement of vanes or blades, generally made of wood, plastic, or metal, which act on the air. The rotating assembly of blades and hub is known as an impeller, rotor, or runner.

  7. History of the United States (1945–1964) - Wikipedia

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    e. The history of the United States from 1945 to 1964 was a time of high economic growth and general prosperity. It was also a time of confrontation as the capitalist United States and its allies politically opposed the Soviet Union and other communist states; the Cold War had begun. African Americans united and organized, and a triumph of the ...