Bessemer invents the Bessemer process 1856 Siemens invents the regenerative gas furnace. Otis, The John Elisha Graves. Be mine - short story Christian He installed his first safety elevator for passenger service in 1857. He patented a steam elevator in 1861. He was born Aug.. Two men, John Roebling

and Elisha Graves Otis, changed all that.. NYElisha Graves Otis demonstrated for the first time yesterday his safety elevator at. A model of Elisha Otis' safety elevator that he demonstrated at the Crystal Palace Exposition in New York

City in 1854 and a scale model of the World Trade. In 1853, Elisha Otis invented the "safety brake" which brought an elevator to a stop when the