Elijah McCoy
Born in Ontario to parents who had escaped slavery in Kentucky. More than fifty patents, most famously an automatic lubricator that let a steam engine be oiled without being stopped.
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Born in Ontario to parents who had escaped slavery in Kentucky. More than fifty patents, most famously an automatic lubricator that let a steam engine be oiled without being stopped.