Otis

Japanese: オーチス

American mechanical engineer and inventor. Born in Vermont. In 1852 he exhibited an elevator car safety device at the World's Fair in New York, and founded an elevator company the following year in 1853. In 1857 he installed a passenger elevator in a New York store. In 1861 he invented a steam elevator with a safety device, obtained a patent for it, and founded the Otis Elevator Company. In addition to inventing the electric elevator (realized in 1889), he also invented the steam tiller and railway brakes. His company flourished during the high-rise building boom at the time.

Otis

American lawyer and politician. Born in Massachusetts. Active in the early stages of the American Revolution, he wrote pamphlets outlining legal theories that defended the rights of colonists. He influenced the resistance movement against British policy after 1774, but was seriously injured in an attack by opponents and spent his later years in obscurity.

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Japanese:

米国の機械技術者・発明家。バーモント州出身。1852年ニューヨークの万国博覧会にエレベーターのかご落下防止装置を出品し，翌1853年エレベーター会社を設立。1857年ニューヨークの店舗に乗客用エレベーターを設置。1961年安全装置付蒸気エレベーターを発明，特許をとり，オーチス・エレベーター会社を設立。電気エレベーターの考案（実現は1889年）ほか，蒸気耕耘機，鉄道用ブレーキなどの発明もある。彼の会社はおりからの高層建築ブームで大発展した。