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2 McCoy, Elijah
SUBJECT AREA: Steam and internal combustion engines[br]b. 1843 Colchester, Ontario, Canadad. 1929 Detroit, Michigan (?), USA[br]African-American inventor of steam-engine lubricators.[br]McCoy was born into a community of escaped African-American slaves. As a youth he went to Scotland and served an apprenticeship in Edinburgh in mechanical engineering. He returned to North America and ended up in Ypsilanti, Michigan, seeking employment at the headquarters of the Michigan Central Railroad Company. In spite of his training, the only job McCoy could obtain was that of locomotive fireman. Still, that enabled him to study at close quarters the problem of lubricating adequately the moving parts of a steam locomotive. Inefficient lubrication led to overheating, delays and even damage. In 1872 McCoy patented the first of his lubricating devices, applicable particularly to stationary engines. He assigned his patent rights to W. and S.C.Hamlin of Ypsilanti, from which he derived enough financial resources to develop his invention. A year later he patented an improved hydrostatic lubricator, which could be used for both stationary and locomotive engines, and went on to make further improvements. McCoy's lubricators were widely taken up by other railroads and his employers promoted him from the footplate to the task of giving instruction in the use of his lubricating equipment. Many others had been attempting to achieve the same result and many rival products were on the market, but none was superior to McCoy's, which came to be known as "the Real McCoy", a term that has since acquired a wider application than to engine lubricators. McCoy moved to Detroit, Michigan, as a patent consultant in the railroad business. Altogether, he took out over fifty patents for various inventions, so that he became one of the most prolific of nineteenth-century black inventors, whose activities had been so greatly stimulated by the freedoms they acquired after the American Civil War. His more valuable patents were assigned to investors, who formed the Elijah McCoy Manufacturing Company. McCoy himself, however, was not a major shareholder, so he seems not to have derived the benefit that was due to him.[br]Further ReadingP.P.James, 1989, The Real McCoy: African-American Invention and Innovation 1619– 1930, Washington: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 73–5.LRD -
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SUBJECT AREA: Architecture and building[br]b. 3 August 1811 Halifax, Vermont, USAd. 8 April 1861 Yonkers, New York, USA[br]American mechanic and inventor of the safety passenger elevator.[br]Otis was educated in public schools and worked in a variety of jobs in the trucking and construction industries as well as in a machine shop, a carriage makers, a grist mill, and a saw mill and in a bedstead factory. It was when supervisor of construction of a new bedstead factory at Yonkers in 1852 that he developed the innovative safety features of an elevator that was to be the foundation of his later success. If the ropes or cables of a hoist should break, springs would force pawls on the lift cage to engage the ratcheted guide rails fitted into the sides of the shaft and so stop the lift. In 1853 he was planning to leave his job to join the California Gold Rush but representatives of two New York City firms who had seen his Safety Elevator and were impressed with the safety devices requested that he make them replicas. He purchased space in the Yonkers plant and began manufacture of the lifts. Demand was small at first until in 1854 he exhibited at the American Institute Fair in New York City with an impressive performance. Standing on top of the lift cage, he ordered the rope supporting it to be cut. The safety pawls engaged and the cage stopped its downward movement. From then on orders gradually increased and in 1857 he installed the first safety lift for passengers in the Haughtwout Store in New York City. The invention immediately became popular and started a revolution in architecture and the construction industry, leading to the design and building of skyscrapers, as previously buildings were limited to six or seven storeys, because of the stairs people had to climb. Otis patented several other devices, the most important of which was for a steam elevator which established the future of the Otis Elevator Company. He died at Yonkers in 1861, leaving his business to his sons.[br]Further ReadingScribner's and Webster's Dictionaries of Biography.IMcN / DY -
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I библ.(пророк, страстный проповедник культа Яхве, противник культа Ваала в иудаизме; Бог взял его живым на небо) Elijah; сокр. Elij"Огненное восхождение Илии Пророка" (икона) — The Fiery Ascent of the Prophet Elijah
Пророка Илии день, Ильин день (праздник правосл. церкви в честь пророка Илии (или Ильи), 20 июля / 2 августа) — the Feast of St. Elijah of Thesbite [the Tishbite], Glorious Prophet
"Илия Пророк в пустыне" (икона) — The Prophet Elijah in the Wilderness
II библ."Илия Пророк на огненной колеснице" — The Prophet Elijah and Fiery Chariot
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Religion: Elijah's mantle (Metaphorically the assumption of powers previously enjoyed by another. 2Kgs:2:13), Mantle of Elijah ( Symbol of authority or leadership. Elijah the prophet cast his mantle upon Elisha to show he was his chosen successor. 1Kgs:19:19) -
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Ἠλίας, ου, ὁ (edd. also-είας, Ἡλείας, Ἡλίας; אֵלִיָּה or אֵלִיָּהוּ) Elijah (or, following the Gk., Elias) the Tishbite, a prophet (3 Km 17–20; 4 Km 1f; 2 Ch 21:12; Mal 3:22; Sir 48:1, 4, 12; ApcEl [PSI 7 verso, 4]; AscIs 2:14; SibOr 2, 247; Joseph., ApcEsdr, Just.), whose life and deeds were invested w. great importance by the compatriots of Jesus (Schürer II 515f; 604f; Billerb. IV 764–98) Mt 11:14; 16:14; 17:3f (PDabeck, Biblica 23, ’42, 175–89), 10ff; 27:47, 49; Mk 6:15; 8:28; 9:4f, 11ff; 15:35f; Lk 1:17; 4:25f; 9:8, 19, 30, 33, 54 v.l.; J 1:21, 25; Js 5:17; 1 Cl 17:1. ἐν Ἠλίᾳ in the story of Elijah Ro 11:2.—JRobinson, Elijah, John and Jesus: 12 NT Studies ’62, 28–52; GFohrer, Elia ’68.2—EDNT. TW. -
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m; -en, -en prophet; der Prophet Elias the prophet Elijah; der Prophet (Mohammed) the Prophet; falscher Prophet false prophet; ich bin doch kein Prophet I can’t read the stars; dazu braucht man kein Prophet zu sein you don’t need a crystal ball to foresee that; der Prophet gilt nichts im eigenen Lande BIBL., auch fig. a prophet is not without honour except in his own country* * *der Prophetprophet; predictor* * *Pro|phet [pro'feːt]m -en, -enprophetder Prophét gilt nichts in seinem Vaterland or im eigenen Lande (Prov) — a prophet is without honour (Brit) or honor (US) in his own country (Prov)
See:→ Berg* * *Pro·phet(in)<-en, -en>[proˈfe:t]ich bin [doch] kein \Prophet! (fam) I can't tell the future!man muss kein \Prophet sein, um das vorauszusehen (fam) you don't have to be a mind reader to predict that▶ wenn der Berg nicht zum \Propheten kommt, muss der \Prophet wohl zum Berg[e] kommen if the mountain won't come to Muhammad the Muhammad must go to the mountain▶ der \Prophet gilt nichts in seinem Vaterland (prov) a prophet is without honour in his own country prov* * *der; Propheten, Propheten prophet* * *der Prophet Elias the prophet Elijah;der Prophet (Mohammed) the Prophet;falscher Prophet false prophet;ich bin doch kein Prophet I can’t read the stars;dazu braucht man kein Prophet zu sein you don’t need a crystal ball to foresee that;der Prophet gilt nichts im eigenen Lande BIBEL, auch fig a prophet is not without honour except in his own country* * *der; Propheten, Propheten prophet* * *-en m.augur n.predictor n.prophet n.seer n.soothsayer n.
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ELIJAH — (Heb. אֵלִיָּהוּ, also אֵלִיָּה), Israelite prophet active in Israel in the reigns of ahab and Ahaziah (ninth century B.C.E.). In the opinion of some scholars, the designation the Tishbite of the inhabitants of Gilead (I Kings 17:1) supports the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Elijah — ist der Name eines biblischen Propheten, siehe Elija der Name eines schweizerischen Reggaemusikers, siehe Elijah (Musiker) Elijah ist der Vorname folgender weiterer Personen: Elija b. Loeb Fulda (ca. 1650–1720), jüdischer Gelehrter Elijah Blue… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Elijah — • Old Testament prophet Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Elijah Elijah † Catholic E … Catholic encyclopedia
Elijah — m Biblical: name (meaning ‘Yahweh is God’) of an Israelite prophet whose exploits are recounted in the First and Second Book of Kings. Elijah s victory over the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel played an important part in maintaining the Jewish… … First names dictionary
Elijah — name of the great O.T. prophet, from Heb. Elijjah, lit. the Lord is God. The Greek form is Elias … Etymology dictionary
Elijah — [ē lī′jə, ilī′jə] n. [Heb eliyahu, lit., Jehovah is God] 1. a masculine name: dim. Lige; var. Elias, Ellis, Eliot 2. Bible a prophet of Israel in the 9th century B.C.: 1 Kings 17 19; 2 Kings 2:1 11 … English World dictionary
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Elijah — /i luy jeuh/, n. 1. a Hebrew prophet of the 9th century B.C. I Kings 17; II Kings 2. 2. a male given name. [ < Heb eliyyah lit., my God is Yahweh] * * * I or Elias Hebrew Eliyyahu flourished 9th century BC Hebrew prophet. The Bible related that… … Universalium
Elijah — Whose God is Jehovah. 1) The Tishbite, the Elias of the New Testament, is suddenly introduced to our notice in 1 Kings 17:1 as delivering a message from the Lord to Ahab. There is mention made of a town called Thisbe, south of Kadesh, but… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Elijah — The most notable of the ecstatic prophets of the 9th cent. BCE, coming in time between the orgiastic bands of prophets who encountered Saul (1 Sam. 10:5 ff.) and the classical prophets of the 8th cent. Although the narratives relating Elijah s… … Dictionary of the Bible