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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 that prevents elevators from falling if the hoisting cable fails.
Pages in category "Otis family" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. ... Elisha Otis; Eliza Ann Otis; Elwell Stephen Otis; Harrison Gray Otis ...
Although not much is known about John Otis, his son, John Otis (generally referred to as "Judge Otis") was the first of the family to rise to provincial eminence. Judge Otis held a variety of judicial and military appointments and represented Barnstable County for 20 successive years in the general court of Massachusetts Bay. In 1708, he was ...
Elisha Otis: 1811 Elevator brake [72] 1988 Frank B. Colton: 1923 Oral contraceptives [73] 1988 Louis W. Parker: 1906 Television receiver [74] 1989 George Westinghouse: 1846 Air brake system [75] 1989 Irving Langmuir: 1881 Electric lighting [76] 1989 John Deere: 1804 Farm plow [77] 1989 Raymond Vahan Damadian: 1936 Magnetic resonance imaging ...
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The building installed the world's first successful passenger elevator on March 23, 1857, a hydraulic lift designed for the building by Elisha Graves Otis.It cost $300, had a speed of .67 feet per second (0.20 m/s), [6] and was powered by a steam-engine installed in the basement. [4]
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; R. Otis Elevating Railway; S. Charles Seeberger; T. Danilo Talanskas; W. Ralph Weller This page was last edited on 5 June 2022, at 06:35 (UTC). Text is ...