The History of Elevators From Top to Bottom
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The History of Elevators From Top to Bottom
Elisha Graves Otis invented the brake used in modern elevators that made skyscrapers a practical reality. Learn more about the history of elevators.
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The Master Key on Instagram: "They don't make them like this anymore - because they literally can't. Inside this 102-year-old elevator control cabinet sits a glowing relic of early electrical engineering: a mercury arc rectifier. This device converts AC to DC using a pool of liquid mercury and an arc discharge - technology from before modern semiconductors even existed. Invented in the early 1900s, mercury arc rectifiers once powered industrial motors, heavy equipment, and railway systems worldw
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The Master Key on Instagram: "They don't make them like this anymore - because they literally can't. Inside this 102-year-old elevator control cabinet sits a glowing relic of early electrical engineering: a mercury arc rectifier. This device converts AC to DC using a pool of liquid mercury and an arc discharge - technology from before modern semiconductors even existed. Invented in the early 1900s, mercury arc rectifiers once powered industrial motors, heavy equipment, and railway systems worldw
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