Q5 to Q7:
In American Genesis, which covers
the century of technological innovation
in the
Line Thomas Hughes assigns special promi-
(5) nence to Thomas Edison as archetype
of the independent nineteenth-century
inventor. However, Hughes virtually
ignores
porary and notorious adversary in
(10) the field of electric light and power,
George Westinghouse. This com-
parative neglect of Westinghouse is
consistent with other recent historians’
works, although it marks an intriguing
(15) departure from the prevailing view
during the inventors’ lifetimes (and for
decades afterward) of
Westinghouse as the two “pioneer
innovators” of the electrical industry.
(20) My recent reevaluation of Westing-
house, facilitated by materials found
in railroad archives, suggests that
while Westinghouse and Edison shared
important traits as inventors, they
(25) differed markedly in their approach to
the business aspects of innovation.
For
was always paramount: the overriding
goal of the business of innovation was
(30) simply to generate funding for new
inventions.
just enough sales, product development,
and manufacturing to accomplish this.
Westinghouse, however, shared the
(35) attitudes of the railroads and other
industries for whom he developed
innovations: product development,
standardization, system, and order
were top priorities. Westinghouse
(40) thus better exemplifies the systematic
approach to technological development
that would become a hallmark of modern
corporate research and development.
Q7:
The author of the passage implies that the shift away from the views of Westinghouse’s contemporaries should be regarded as
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