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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 ...
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.
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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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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