Looking Black - Radio One Celebrates Black History Month » TL Sledge http://lookingblack.com Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:17:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 Looking Black - Radio One Celebrates Black History Monthhttp://your-img-here.com/http://lookingblack.com Elijah McCoy http://lookingblack.com/2010/01/13/elijah-mccoy/ http://lookingblack.com/2010/01/13/elijah-mccoy/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:18:49 +0000 TL Sledge http://lookingblack.com/?p=2821 Elijah McCoy VIA:  BIOGRAPHY.COM Inventor and manufacturer, born in Canada. His African-American parents had fled from Kentucky to escape slavery. He showed an early talent for mechanical innovations, and in Ypsilanti, MI he devloped lubricators for steam engines (1870). In 1882 he moved to Detroit, where he perfected his lubricating cup, still widely used to provide a steady sup... Read more..]]>

VIA:  BIOGRAPHY.COM

Inventor and manufacturer, born in Canada. His African-American parents had fled from Kentucky to escape slavery. He showed an early talent for mechanical innovations, and in Ypsilanti, MI he devloped lubricators for steam engines (1870). In 1882 he moved to Detroit, where he perfected his lubricating cup, still widely used to provide a steady supply of oil to machinery. He opened the Elijah McCoy Manufacturing Co (1920) and patented an improved airbrake lubricator, one of the some 50 patents he obtained during his lifetime.

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