Elijah McCoy, a African Canadian from the Canada, invented oil lubricators for steam engines in 1872.
Elijah McCoy, a African Canadian from the Canada, invented oil lubricators for steam engines in 1872.
Elijah McCoy, a African Canadian from the Canada, invented oil lubricators for steam engines in 1872.
Elijah McCoy, a African Canadian from the Canada, invented oil lubricators for steam engines in 1872.
Elijah invented a lubricating oil for steam engines that allowed the steam trains to run faster.
McCoy invented an automatic lubricator for oiling the steam engines of locomotives and boats in 1979 mccoy invented an oil-dripping cup for trains
Steam was the first practical (useable, reliable) energy source to be used in self-propelled vehicles.................Steam engines were invented before internal combustion engines (gasoline, diesel, etc.). Steam can be made by burning wood or coal, easily available before the days of refining crude oil into gasoline, etc.
Elijah McCoy invented the automatic lubricator which is used to oil the steam engines of trains and ships. Elijah McCoy was not only an inventor but also an engineer.
Steam engines and railroads.
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As fuel oil in the boilers of steam-turbine powered ships, perhaps.
The Automatic Oil Cup was a self-lubricated device that was used to drip oil into engines automatically
producing steam producing coal operating internal combustion engines lighting kerosene lamps