Elijah McCoy

Google is celebrating Black Canadian-American engineer and inventor Elijah McCoy, who made great strides in improving train efficiency, with a new Doodle.

He later started the Elijah McCoy Manufacturing Company in 1920 and made lubrication devices that featured his name. McCoy joined the Michigan Central Railroad are a fireman and oiler. Google's homepage features moving artwork of McCoy thinking with a pencil to his chin.

Google honours groundbreaking Ontario-born inventor Elijah McCoy, 178 years after his birth with celebratory birthday doodle.

On May 2nd, the Google doodle is of McCoy in honour of his birthday. It was during his time in this role that McCoy invented what was known as the “oil-drip cup.” NPR reports that McCoy’s invention led to a range of knock-offs, which (it is rumoured) resulted in customers asking for “the real McCoy.” This is, therefore, potentially where the common phrase comes from.

McCoy developed 57 patents and helped turn trains into well-oiled machines. The doodle artwork which says 'Celebrating Elijah McCoy' stated, "Today's Doodle ...

The doodle artwork which says 'Celebrating Elijah McCoy' stated, "Today’s Doodle celebrates the birthday of Elijah McCoy, a Black Canadian-American engineer and inventor who revolutionized train efficiency with his inventions." The views and facts appearing in the social media post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY, also LatestLY does not assume any responsibility or liability for the same.) On Monday, Google paid tribute to Elijah McCoy, an innovative engineer, and inventor with a doodle artwork.

Elijah McCoy, the revolutionary Black inventor who was born 178 years ago today, came up with an idea for an automatic lubricator that kept engines oiled ...

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The animated doodle features a train circling a portrait of the engineer.

McCoy was born in Colchester, Ontario, after his parents escaped enslavement in Kentucky via the Underground Railroad in 1837. After studying in Edinburgh, Scotland, as a mechanical engineer apprentice, he found a job working for the Michigan Central Railroad as a fireman and oiler. Google is celebrating the birthday of Black Canadian-American engineer and inventor Elijah McCoy. The doodle honors McCoy, who boosted train efficiency with his locomotive and railway related inventions, with an animated steam engine train circling a portrait of the engineer.

As Google Doodle honours late engineer Elijah McCoy, we explore his life and career, plus the car accident which led to his tragic death.

McCoy’s death was reportedly the result of injuries he had sustained years earlier in an automobile accident. So, McCoy started work for the Michigan Central Railroad are a fireman and oiler. One of McCoy’s most significant inventions was the lubrication system used by steam engines which reduces friction between the engine’s moving parts, slowing down wear and tear.

Google is celebrating the birthday of a prolific Black inventor and engineer who was born in Ontario in 1844.

Today’s Google Doodle is an effort from the company to highlight the work of more Black inventors and innovators. This wasn’t McCoy’s only invention, he’s responsible for some 57 other inventions throughout his lifetime. Google is celebrating the birthday of a Black inventor and engineer who was born in Ontario in 1844.

Canadian engineer Elijah McCoy is best known for inventing the automatic lubricator –what else did he invent? How many patents did he file?

He died in 1929 at the age of 85. Irish-American pressman Humphrey O’Sullivan invented the rubber heel in 1896, and patented it in 1899. It wasn’t the first time people had thought to put rubber in their shoes. Here’s as comprehensive a list of his inventions as we could find, including the portable ironing board and lawn sprinkler. This made them more comfortable over long periods of time, but also made the shoes last longer. It is US patent number 129,843, “Improvement in lubricators for steam-engines”.

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Although McCoy received much success, he fell victim to the constant hurdles many inventors face – replicas and knockoffs. The invention commonly known as the dry oil cup was patented in 1872, revolutionizing train operations. McCoy was a Black Canadian-American engineer and inventor who changed the game of the train system.