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  2. Elisha Otis - Wikipedia

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    Elisha Graves Otis (August 3, 1811 – April 8, 1861) was an American industrialist and founder of the Otis Elevator Company. [1] In 1853, he invented a safety device ...

  3. New York Crystal Palace - Wikipedia

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    Elisha Otis free-fall safety demonstration in 1853 President Franklin Pierce spoke at the dedication on July 14, 1853. Theodore Sedgwick was the first president of the Crystal Palace Association.

  4. Skyscraper - Wikipedia

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    In 1857, Elisha Otis introduced the safety elevator at the E. V. Haughwout Building in New York City, allowing convenient and safe transport to buildings' upper floors. Otis later introduced the first commercial passenger elevators to the Equitable Life Building in 1870, considered by some architectural historians to be the first skyscraper ...

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    Season 4 continued this trend, with a scene in which Otis accidentally exposed some pretty graphic dick pics on his phone to an entire class. Netflix Is Asa Butterfield's penis real in Sex ...

  6. Architecture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The most notable United States architectural innovation has been the skyscraper. Several technical advances made this possible. In 1853, Elisha Otis invented the first safety elevator which prevented a car from falling down the shaft if the suspending cable broke. Elevators allowed buildings to rise above the four or five stories that people ...

  7. 'Glee' star, who plays the innocent 'Marley,' is latest ... - AOL

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    Melissa is just one of two Glee actresses whose alleged naked pics have leaked, as part of the massive celebrity hacking scandal. Melissa, 25, who plays Marley on Glee has fired back, in response ...

  8. Former Playboy playmate jumps to her death with 7-year-old son

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    A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...

  9. Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations - Wikipedia

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    Elisha Otis demonstrated an elevator equipped with a device called a safety brake, which revolutionized the industry completely; David Alter displayed a method to manufacture and purify bromine from salt wells, highly useful in the iron industry; The world's first pedal quadracycle was shown