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Elijah Mccoy

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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 ... Read more

Mccoy, Elijah

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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 ... Read more

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Elijah McCoy

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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 ... Read more

Elijah McCoy

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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... Read more