Did You Know … Elijah “The Real” McCoy

 (1843 or 1844 – 1929)

Elijah “The Real” McCoy,

Inventor and holder of around 57 patents, was born in

Colchester, Ontario, on May 2, 1843. His machine

lubricants were so in demand that buyers of machinery

insisted that they contain only the “Real McCoy”

lubricants. 

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