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Elijah J. McCoy (May 2, 1844 [A] – October 10, 1929) was a Canadian-American engineer of African-American descent who invented lubrication systems for steam engines. Born free on the Ontario shore of Lake Erie to parents who fled enslavement in Kentucky , he traveled to the United States as a young child when his family returned in 1847 ...
The real McCoy, a phrase meaning "the real thing" or "the genuine article" McCoy's (crisp), a brand of potato chips marketed under the slogan "The Real McCoy" Dundas Real McCoys, a hockey team in Dundas, Ontario; The Real McCoy (book), a 2003 novel by American writer Darin Strauss, based on the life of the boxer Charles "Kid" McCoy
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Inventor Elijah McCoy may be its most famous former resident. He spent a year prior to his death as a patient in the Eloise Infirmary. There were other well-known people who died at Eloise including several baseball players, among them Jul Kustus, Larry LeJeune, Charlie Krause and Marty Kavanagh.
Elijah competed in the American Music Awards’ Platinum Ticket contest last fall against 10 other hopefuls, and he earned the most votes, thus fast-tracking him past the first round of Season 21 ...
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A different kind of traveler. In those first years of the brand new Michigan Central Station, many African Americans were coming to Detroit, drawn by Henry Ford's offer of $5 a day in 1914.
McCoy, Elijah: 1844–1929 Inventor Invented the automatic lubricator for steam engines, McCoy learned a great deal of his skills from a mechanical apprenticeship when he was age fifteen. [145] [146] McLurkin, James: 1972– Roboticist [147] McNair, Ronald: 1950–1986 Astronaut and Physicist Specialized in chemical and high-pressure laser physics