Elijah McCoy
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Elijah J. McCoy was a Canadian-American engineer of African-American descent who invented lubrication systems for steam engines. Born free on the Ontario shore of Lake Erie to parents who fled enslave
McCoy c. 1895
McCoy historical marker, Ypsilanti
Tribology
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Tribology is the science and engineering of understanding friction, lubrication and wear phenomena for interacting surfaces in relative motion. It is highly interdisciplinary, drawing on many academic
Elijah McCoy
…Michigan, US Resting place Detroit Memorial Park East in Warren, Michigan, U.S. Alma mater University of Edinburgh Occupations Engineer, inventor, tribologist, railroad fireman and oiler Known for Invention of a steam engine automatic lubricator Spouses Ann Elizabeth Stewart Mary Eleanora Delaney (m. 1873…
Tribological experiments suggested by Leonardo da Vinci
Dynamic and static coefficients of friction
Open system tribology – wheel-rail contact in winter