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2025-03-06 11:48:28 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C3FA8BA9C4D4467217F5AC0E40BB11468E6B67FA4E68F245D6B4E911A52B7138
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Andrew Jackson Beard patented several life saving improvements to railroad couplers and is incredibly notable in the development of modern train couplers. https://www.invent.org/inductees/andrew-j-beard However as additional context he did not invent the train coupler, as the original patent was made by Eli H. Janney. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_H._Janney
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