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	Elijah McCoy
		Elijah McCoy (born May 2, 1844) was an inventor.
		McCoy's parents were runaway slaves from Kentucky who escaped on the underground railroad.
		Elijah was fascinated by machinery and invented the automatic lubricator, which oils the eingines of boats, trains, and so on, as well as 56 other patented devices.
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	Elijah McCoy - MSN Encarta
		McCoy was best known for his inventions of devices used to lubricate heavy machinery automatically.
		McCoy went to Edinburgh, Scotland, at age 15 and studied mechanical engineering for five years.
		McCoy's lubricators were used on locomotives, steamships, and factory machinery.
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	Elijah Mccoy GOLDCOAST AUTO TRANSPORTERS
		Elijah McCoy was born in Colchester, Ontario in 1843.
		Elijah McCoy was born in Colchester, Ontario, Canada, in 1843 to George and Mildred McCoy.
		Elijah McCoy was born in Colchester, Ontario, Canada in 1843.
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	Elijah McCoy - Life
		Elijah McCoy was born in Colchester in Essex County, Ontario, Canada, to George McCoy and Mildred Goins, both runaway slaves from Kentucky in the United States, who escaped on the Underground Railroad to Colchester.
		McCoy married Ann Elizabeth Stewart in 1868; Elijah McCoy died in Detroit in 1929 at the age of 85, still suffering from injuries from a car accident seven years earlier that killed his second wife.
		McCoy had been a resident of the Eloise Hospital, a sanitarium in Westland Michigan, also known as the Michigan State Asylum before his death, suffering from dementia.
	encyclopedia.stateuniversity.com /pages/6673/Elijah-McCoy.html (555 words)

	Elijah McCoy
		Elijah McCoy was an ingenious inventor whose inventions have helped make trains and all things with engines move more smoothly and safely.
		Elijah was born to George and Mildred McCoy in 1843, in Colchester, Ontario, Canada.
		The McCoy's soon moved back to the United States where his father found work in the logging industry in Ypsilanti, Mich. It was in Ypsilanti where Elijah found a fascination with everything mechanical.
	www.nscorp.com /nscorphtml/diversity/aarm/mccoy.html (341 words)

	Elijah McCoy - InformationBlast
		Elijah J. McCoy (2 May 1844 - 10 October 1929) was an inventor.
		Elijah McCoy was born in Ontario, Canada, to runaway slaves from Kentucky in the United States, who escaped on the underground railroad.
		Elijah McCoy died in Detroit in 1929 at the age of 85, still suffering from injuries from a car accident seven years earlier that killed his second wife.
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	Elijah McCoy
		Elijah McCoy took two years of hard work, experimenting in his machine shop with lubricators for steam engines, to develop this idea into reality.
		Even a masterful engineer such as Elijah McCoy faced the dyadic denial of racism, for many locomotive engineers were adamant than nothing good could be invented by a fl man. Some of them even taunted him, calling his lubricator a "nigger oilcup".
		In fact, the lubricators which McCoy invented through his lifetime found use in any place where heavy-duty machinery was to be found, for a "McCoy system" permitted continuous operation, as opposed to periodic stoppages solely for the sake of lubrication.
	www.geocities.com /keinall/Elijah-McCoy.html (873 words)

	Elijah McCoy - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Elijah J. McCoy (May 2 1843 – October 10, 1929) was a Afro-Canadian inventor.
		McCoy had wanted to work as an engineer but was repeatedly frustrated in this goal due to racial...
		Elijah McCoy may be unknown to most people however his inventions have created a level of distinction which bears his name.
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	Elijah McCoy (Cloze Activity Answers) - EnchantedLearning.com
		McCoy's high-quality industrial inventions (especially his steam engine lubricator) were the basis for the expression "the real McCoy," meaning the real, authentic, or high-quality thing.
		McCoy was born in Colchester, Ontario, Canada, to former slaves (George and Emillia McCoy), who had fled from the USA.
		McCoy eventually had a total of 57 patents, and was known throughout the world for his inventions.
	www.zoomschool.com /inventors/page/m/mccoyclozeanswers.shtml (176 words)

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		Elijah McCoy was born in Colchester, Ontario, Canada on May 2, 1844, the son of former slaves who had fled from Kentucky before the U.S. Civil War.
		Elijah McCoy established his own firm and was responsible for a total of 57 patents.
		Elijah McCoy died on October 10, 1929 after a year in the Eloise Infirmary, Eloise, Michigan, suffering from senile dementia caused by hypertension.
	www.ncalifblackengineers.org /Elijah%20McCoy.htm (195 words)

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		Elijah McCoy received his first patent for an automatic lubricating device in 1872.
		McCoy was born in Canada, later moving with his family to Ypsilanti, Michigan.
		McCoy continued to create improvements on his device, and soon, long distance locomotives, transatlantic ships, and factory machines were using his lubricating invention.
	www.invent.org /hall_of_fame/167.html (211 words)

	The first patent of Elijah McCoy, a turn-of-the-century Black Inventor
		A son, Elijah McCoy, was born on May 2, 1843 (or 1844, depending on the source).
		Elijah returned to Canada after the Civil War was over, living with his family for a bout a year before moving to Ypsilanti Michigan.
		Elijah McCoy's contributions to the success of steam engines, the main power source of transportation and manufacturing during the 1850 to 1930 era, are little known today.
	www.usi.edu /science/engineering/MISC/emccoy/emccoy.htm (684 words)

	Elijah McCoy
		Elijah McCoy (born May 2, 1844) was an inventor.
		Elijah was fascinated by machinery and invented the automatic lubricator, which oils the eingines of boats, trains, and so on, as well as 56 other patented devices.
		The saying the real McCoy, meaing the real thing, derives from Elijah: many of his inventions were the basis of inferior copies.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/e/el/elijah_mccoy.html (126 words)

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		McCoy continued to refine his devices and design new ones, and after the turn of the century attracted notice among his African-American contemporaries.
		Lubricators with the McCoy name were not manufactured until 1920, near the end of his career, when he formed the Elijah McCoy Manufacturing Company.
		McCoy had been a resident of the Eloise Hospital, a sanitarium in Westland Michigan, also known as the Michigan State Asylum before his death, suffering from dementia.
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		Elijah McCoy was an inventor who made great contributions to the steam engines of locomotives during the 1920s.
		McCoy continue to design new inventions and refine his existing ones, and he got the attention of his contemporaries such as Booker T. Washington.
		McCoy was married twice, to Ann Elizabeth Stewart and Mary Eleanor Delaney, both of whom died.
	www.supernaturalminds.com /elijahmccoy.html (446 words)

	Elijah McCoy
		Elijah McCoy, prolific inventor, helped trains and all things with engines, move more smoothly and safely.
		Elijah McCoy was born in Colchester, Ontario, Canada in 1843.
		When McCoy was young his family returned to America and moved to Ypsilanti, Michigan where his father worked in the logging industry.
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	Text Site \| Out There \| Black History \| Elijah McCoy
		Elijah McCoy’s parents, George and Emilla, were slaves in Kentucky, America, but they bravely escaped slavery, going to Canada using the system of routes, safehouses and helpers nicknamed the 'underground railroad'.
		Elijah McCoy was born in Colchester, Ontario, Canada on 2nd May, 1844.
		Elijah McCoy attended grammar school until he was 15, and with the money his parents had been saving he then moved to Scotland, where he studied mechanical engineering.
	www.planet-science.com /text_only/outthere/black_history/mccoy.html (933 words)

	Elijah McCoy (Cloze Activity) - EnchantedLearning.com
		Elijah McCoy (1843 or 1844-1929) was a mechanical _____________________ and inventor.
		McCoy's high-quality industrial inventions (especially his steam engine lubricator) were the basis for the expression "the real McCoy," meaning the real, authentic, or high-quality thing.
		McCoy eventually had a total of 57 _____________________, and was known throughout the world for his inventions.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /inventors/page/m/mccoycloze.shtml (245 words)

	Welcome to WinCyclopedia - Elijah McCoy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Elijah McCoy spent his first 15 years on a farm in Canada exploring his fascination with tools and machines before traveling to Scotland to study mechanical engineering.
		McCoy’s device was such a breakthrough, it became commonplace to ask for “The Real McCoy” when purchasing machinery.
		Elijah McCoy’s inventions soothed the engines of the Industrial Revolution as they churned steadily, connecting communities to new opportunities, especially capitalistic endeavors.
	www.wincyclopedia.com /elijahmccoy.php (460 words)

	Elijah McCoy Biography (1843-1929)
		In 1859, after Elijah completed the local grammar school, his parents sent him to Edinburgh, Scotland, where he expandedhis knack for tinkering into a degree in mechanical engineering.
		Not satisfied with his first creation, McCoy used the proceeds from his firstpatent to develop a sophisticated self-lubricator containing a stopcock, which times the application of oil to metal parts.
		McCoy died on October 10, 1929 of hypertension and resultant senile dementia and was buried in Detroit.
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	The not-so-real McCoy
		The African-American inventor Elijah McCoy (1843-1929) is frequently presented in websites, childrens books, and newspaper articles as having revolutionized the industrial world with an invention that, supposedly for the first time, allowed steam locomotives and factory machinery to be automatically and continuously lubricated while in operation.
		Elijah McCoy received his first patent for an automatic lubricating device in 1872.
		This was followed by the invention of the displacement lubricator...." Contrary to the McCoy stories, the engine did not necessarily have to be "shut down" during manual lubrication.
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	Text Site \| Out There \| Black History \| Elijah McCoy
		Elijah McCoy’s parents, George and Emilla, were slaves in Kentucky, America, but they bravely escaped slavery, going to Canada using the system of routes, safehouses and helpers nicknamed the 'underground railroad'.
		Elijah McCoy was born in Colchester, Ontario, Canada on 2nd May, 1844.
		Elijah McCoy attended grammar school until he was 15, and with the money his parents had been saving he then moved to Scotland, where he studied mechanical engineering.
	www.scienceyear.com /text_only/outthere/black_history/mccoy.html (933 words)

	Inventor Elijah McCoy Biography
		Elijah McCoy was the inventor of a device that allowed machines to be lubricated while they were still in operation.
		Elijah McCoy was born in Colchester, Ontario, Canada, in 1843 to George and Mildred McCoy.
		Although the name Elijah McCoy may be unknown to most people, the enormity of his ingenuity and the quality of his inventions have created a level of distinction which bears his name.
	www.ideafinder.com /history/inventors/mccoy.htm (744 words)

	The biography of Elijah McCoy
		Elijah McCoy was more than just a famous fl inventor, he was a pioneer in automatic lubrication for Locomotives around the world.
		Elijah McCoy was born in 1843 or 1844 depending upon who you believe.
		Elijah McCoy looked for a job in mechanical engineering, but was not hired due to the racial prejudice that still reigned.
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	Elijah McCoy
		Elijah McCoy was an inventor who was fascinated by steam engines.
		McCoy invented a device to oil the machinery while it was working.
		Elijah McCoy was born in 1843 in Colchester, Ontario.
	www.bccns.com /elijah.htm (265 words)

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		Elijah McCoy was the son of former slaves who escaped via the Underground Railroad.
		When he was 15 Elijah McCoy traveled to Scotland and studied mechanical engineering.
		When McCoy returned to the United States he couldn't get an engineering job because he was of African descent.
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	Black Invention: Elijah McCoy Lubricator Cup (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Elijah McCoy was born in Ontario Canada in 1843 to the union of two Africans, George and Mildred McCoy, who had escaped the bonds of slavery through the Underground Railroad.
		At the age of 15, Elijah McCoy was sent by his parents to Edinburgh Scotland, to serve an apprenticeship in Mechanical Engineering.
		Elijah McCoy died in 1929 at the age of 85.
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	Elijah McCoy and Berry Gordy: Ingenuity Overcomes (Site not responding. Last check: )
		McCoy invented a lubricating cup that oiled engine parts as the train was moving.
		Elijah McCoy was one of many fl Americans who after the Civil War improved the American workplace and showed skeptical whites what free, enterprising fls could accomplish.
		But, as the stories of Elijah McCoy and Berry Gordy suggest, the remedy for discrimination in the past is not reverse discrimination in the present, but the freedom to invent, create, and produce in a free market.
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