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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.
An elevator or lift is a vertical transport vehicle that efficiently moves people or goods between floors of a building. In 1852, Elisha Graves Otis invented the first safety brake for elevators which prevents an elevator from spiralling into a free fall between numerous floors inside a building. [119] 1853 Burglar alarm
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 ...
Based in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, UTC Climate, Controls & Security [6] was created by splitting up UTC Building & Industrial Systems into two segments, Otis and UTC Climate, Controls & Security. Otis provides elevator and escalator manufacturing installation, while UTC Climate, Controls & Security's brands provide building technologies ...
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 ...
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
March 23 – Elisha Otis' first elevator is installed (at 488 Broadway (Manhattan)). The first rails made from steel are made by Robert Forester Mushet early in the year and laid experimentally at Derby railway station on the Midland Railway in England. They prove far more durable than the iron rails they replace and remain in use until 1873. [5]
1852 – Elisha Otis invents the safety elevator. 1853 – Sir George Cayley built and demonstrated the first heavier-than-air aircraft (a glider). - Quadracycle invented. 1859 - First model railway for Napoléon, Prince Imperial.