Elijah McCoy
Canadian-American is the nationality of Elijah McCoy. Incidentally he is also an African American man. Mr. McCoy is renowned for his 57 inventions during the 19th century. He was a patrician of mechanical engineering; giving the world the luciferous wisdom it needed to lubricate steamed engines; trains and ships. McCoy razzle-dazzled the industry making an automatic lubricator for oiling engines. He worked on his craft and designed it better, one patent at a time. Yes, I said 57 patents graced the stardust of his ingenuity. This was a big deal back in his time. All 50 of his patents originated from lubrication. McCoy also had patents on a lawn sprinkler and a folding ironing board. Although Elijah McCoy was born a free man in Canada, his parents (George and Mildred) were fugitive slaves from Kentucky and benefited from the Underground Railroad in hopes of instauration; a new life in Ontario Canada.
“The Real McCoy” is the terminology given to Elijah McCoy in light of so many other lubricant patents being on the market. McCoy’s oil-drip cup invention was superlative and in high demand so if there was a request for it, folks would say they wanted the real thing, the real McCoy! So when you are driving in your car and a train comes, please don’t think you are stuck by a train. Instead, look at those railroad trains and remember it was McCoy’s invention that helped them to run faster and better.
Elijah McCoy’s legacy proves to black children and to all people that no matter how hard your beginning is, you can have a palmy middle and ending. His father was a farmer and his mother gave birth to 12 children. It inspires all of us to know we can be the antithesis of a maladroit group of people that some wish to attenuate black history with. Elijah McCoy attended a segregated school in Colchester Township in Canada. When he turned 15 he was blessed to attend Edinburg, Scotland for a chance to study mechanical engineering. This was the beginning of the benevolence McCoy would give to the world. He went from being an oiler to an inventor. There is the possibility that your children can and WILL do heartsome things; leaving their mark in this world. You don’t know who your children will be one day so please share African American History with them so they can see themselves in Elijah McCoy.
“The Real McCoy” is the terminology given to Elijah McCoy in light of so many other lubricant patents being on the market. McCoy’s oil-drip cup invention was superlative and in high demand so if there was a request for it, folks would say they wanted the real thing, the real McCoy! So when you are driving in your car and a train comes, please don’t think you are stuck by a train. Instead, look at those railroad trains and remember it was McCoy’s invention that helped them to run faster and better.
Elijah McCoy’s legacy proves to black children and to all people that no matter how hard your beginning is, you can have a palmy middle and ending. His father was a farmer and his mother gave birth to 12 children. It inspires all of us to know we can be the antithesis of a maladroit group of people that some wish to attenuate black history with. Elijah McCoy attended a segregated school in Colchester Township in Canada. When he turned 15 he was blessed to attend Edinburg, Scotland for a chance to study mechanical engineering. This was the beginning of the benevolence McCoy would give to the world. He went from being an oiler to an inventor. There is the possibility that your children can and WILL do heartsome things; leaving their mark in this world. You don’t know who your children will be one day so please share African American History with them so they can see themselves in Elijah McCoy.
