Invention changes your life
20134837 Jungwoon Jang
Do
you know how many floors Soojung building has? It consists of 10 stories. When
the time for class comes near, elevators are overcrowded with students. Some
students fail to enter the elevator and cannot help using stairs. If human did
not create elevator, many people would face uncomfortable situations. The
present elevator that conveys people safely was made by Elisha Graves
Otis(1811~1861). Through the history of elevator, how it invented will be
introduce.
Before
Otis, there were many attempts to make luggage and people lift. The first trial
was done by Archimedes in B.C236. He made an elevator in primitive form, using
ropes and pulleys. In modern age, the study of elevator began in earnest. Many
people tried to make elevator, however, there was a safety problem. Sometimes,
the ropes were cut and people fall off the elevator. Even though elevator was
convenient, many people worried about accidents.
One
man, Otis, worked in a company that made the frame of bed not drop off to the
ground. After he resigned the company, he made his own elevator company. He
kept studying how to make elevator safe. In 1854, he showed what he made at the
international exposition. He let his attendant cut the rope when he was on the
elevator. But he did not fall down to the floor. Many people who saw that were
shocked. After that, people started to adapt Otis’s elevator to their
buildings.
In
April 1931, Empire State building that is 381 meters and has 102 floors held ceremony
for completion in New York. It adapted 67 elevators made by Otis’s company. If
Otis did not invent the safe elevator, we could not imagine we go up to the
high building. Also, we could not imagine people build the skyscrapers. Nowadays,
there are many other companies making elevator. Also, most of buildings have
elevators.
Other
inventions such as car, computer and smart phone are a part of people’s life.
At present, people think elevator is nothing special. However, this is an
innovation. Unless inventing elevator, people would be inconvenient very much. Furthermore,
Unless Otis’s effort, people could not live this comfortable life. When people utilize
many creative and innovative inventions, they should thank inventors for their
endeavor.
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