Julian L. Yale
Julian Linus Yale (1850 – 1909) was a prominent Chicago railroad entrepreneur and president of Julian L. Yale & Co., later sold to Samuel P. Bush's company. He was Carnegie Steel's representative for their railway business, and purchasing representative of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, Big Four for the Vanderbilts. He was also the son of Yale Lock Company, Yale Lock inventor Linus Yale Jr., and a member of the Union League Club of New York. Notably, he introduced the Shelby Steel Tube technology to the railway market, helping the growth of a new industry in America. He also founded an electric vehicle company in 1907, dealing in electric cars and other vehicles such as the Baker Motor Vehicle. Biography Julian L. Yale was born on March 26, 1850, in Newport, New York to Linus Yale Jr., son of Linus Yale Sr., inventor and mayor of Newport. They were members of the Yale (surname), Yale family who gave their name to Yale College. His cousin was arch ...
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''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the Most common words in English, most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when fol ...
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