Elijah Mccoy
1844-1929
Canadian-born mechanical engineer and inventor. The son of former slaves from Kentucky, he revolutionized the industrial machine industry with his lubricator cup, which allowed ...
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Elijah Mccoy
Born May 2, 1844 (Colchester, Ontario, Canada)
Died October 10, 1929 (Eloise, Michigan)
Inventor
Engineer
American inventor Elijah McCoy patented a lubricating (reducing friction between ...
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Elijah McCoy (1843"-1929) made important contributions to the design of railroad locomotives after the Civil War. He kept pace with the progress of locomotive design, devising new lubricating systems ...
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The prototype "real McCoy," Elijah McCoy patented over fifty inventions, most relating to lubrication of locomotives and earned the name "father of lubrication. " Born in Canada in 1843, McCoy was the...
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