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Elisha Otis. 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 that prevents elevators from falling if the hoisting cable fails. [2][3] On March 23, 1857, he installed the first safety elevator for passenger service in the store ...
Otis Worldwide Corporation (branded as the Otis Elevator Company, its former legal name) is an American company that develops, manufactures and markets elevators, escalators, moving walkways, and related equipment. Based in Farmington, Connecticut, U.S., Otis is the world's largest manufacturer of vertical transportation systems, principally ...
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
Otisfield, Maine, Granted by the Massachusetts General Court on June 15, 1771, to James Otis, Nathaniel Gorham and other descendants of Captain John Gorham and certain members of his company who had fought in the 1690 Battle of Quebec. Otis, Maine, a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 543 at the 2000 census.
Coat of Arms of Norton P. Otis. Otis was born in Halifax, Vermont. His father was Elisha Otis, inventor of the safety elevator and a descendant of the Otis family that is counted among the Boston Brahmin families. He attended public schools in Halifax, Albany, Hudson, and Yonkers, New York. In his early youth, he entered into business with his ...
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.
Otis was born on September 20, 1813, in Pelham, Massachusetts. He was a cousin of Elisha Otis of elevator fame. At an early age, William was interested in earthworks and mechanics. At the age of 22, he had shown an uncommon mechanical ingenuity and created the first steam powered mechanical excavator.
Her lovers have included Cyril, Archer, Barry, Krieger, Randy Gillette, and Conway Stern. Cheryl continually demonstrates an alarming lack of intelligence yet makes references to obscure historical figures like Earl Butz, Elisha Otis and Granuaile O'Malley. She is repulsed by people with cancer (although she often either forgets, or does not ...