The Badass Way the Inventor of the Safety Elevator Sold it (Other Ways Inventors Advertise Products)

We see so many unusual ways companies advertise their products, but the way Elisha Graves Otis advertises his invention of the elevator safety brake is much more interesting...and definitely most badass.

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Original Article:
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Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_...
https://www.asme.org/topics-resources...
https://www.asme.org/topics-resources...
https://www.asecurelife.com/home-acci...
https://www.safewise.com/blog/safety-...
https://science.howstuffworks.com/sci...
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/...
https://elevation.fandom.com/wiki/Cap...
https://elevatorsltd.co.uk/is-elevato...
https://www.pcgamer.com/what-goes-on-...
https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/1/206...
https://www.bksv.com/en/about/waves/W...

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Gremlins (1984), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087363/
Friends (1994-2004), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108778/
F1 Happy birthday (2012),    • Lotus F1 Car plays Happy Birthday  
Sawstop (2008), https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1312022/
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Elevator, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevator
Otis, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_...
Stairs, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stairs
Bungalow, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungalow
Steel cables, https://dir.indiamart.com/impcat/elev...
Friends, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108778/
Computer, https://www.amazon.co.uk/enabled-Comp...
Traffic lights, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffin_...
Electric car, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
F1 car, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari...
Can opener, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_opener
Seat belt, https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seat_belt
SawStop, https://www.amazon.com/SawStop-PCS312...
Black and decker, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1312022/
Stab proof vest, https://www.amazon.co.uk/Armor-Knife-...

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