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Edward Dunning Barker (1844-1889), of Weston-super-Mare. Railway Engineer.
Inventor of a hydraulic brake for railway vehicles
1871 Description and illustrations of Barker's hydraulic brakes, which were shortly to have a trial on the Great Eastern Railway.[1]
Patent Brake for Great Eastern Railway. [2]
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