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Otis Clapp (March 3, 1806 – September 18, 1886) was an American publisher, bookseller, homeopath, pharmacist, and politician who served as a collector of Internal Revenue; a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives; a member and president of the Boston Board of Aldermen; and a member of the Boston Common Council.
Otis Clapp manufactured and marketed his own homeopathic medicines. [3] In the 1870s, his son joined as a business partner of the operation, [4] [5] which was renamed "Otis Clapp & Son" in 1874. [3] The younger Dr. Clapp was a research scientist, businessman, and professor of pharmacy at the Boston University Medical School. [4]
Otis elevator in Glasgow, Scotland, imported from the U.S. in 1856 for Gardner's Warehouse, the oldest cast-iron fronted building in the British Isles [7] Otis founded the Otis Elevator Company in Yonkers, New York, in 1853. When he died in 1861 his sons Charles and Norton formed a partnership and continued the business.
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Otis Hovair Transit Systems is a type of hovertrain used in low-speed people mover applications. Traditional people mover systems used wheeled vehicles propelled by electric motors or cable traction. The Hovair replaces the wheels with a hovercraft lift pad. The aim is to reduce guideway complexity and vehicle maintenance.
Goodreads was founded in December 2006 and launched in January 2007 by Otis Chandler and Elizabeth Khuri Chandler. [3] [4] In December 2007, the site had 650,000 members [5] and 10,000,000 books had been added. [6] By July 2012, the site reported 10 million members, 20 million monthly visits, and thirty employees. [7]
Cobra Records was an independent record label that operated in Chicago from 1956 to 1959 and launched the careers of Chicago blues artists Otis Rush, Magic Sam and Buddy Guy, a new generation who pioneered the West Side Sound.
Zizina otis, the lesser grass blue, [2] [3] is a species of blue (Lycaenidae) butterfly found in south [2] and southeast Asia. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787. [ 3 ]