{"product_id":"elijah-mccoy-automatic-lubrication-we-did-that-t-shirt-buillth","title":"Elijah McCoy — Automatic Lubrication — We Did That T-Shirt | Buillth","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;border-top:1px solid #d9d9d9;padding-top:18px;margin:0 0 16px 0;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px;width:100%;\"\u003e\n\u003csvg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"23\" height=\"23\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#1a1a1a\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" style=\"flex-shrink:0;\"\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M9 18h6\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M10 22h4\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M15 14c.2-1 .7-1.7 1.5-2.5A5 5 0 0 0 18 8a6 6 0 0 0-12 0c0 1.7.7 2.8 1.5 3.5.9.8 1.3 1.5 1.5 2.5\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight:700;font-size:19px;color:#1a1a1a;\"\u003eDid You Know?\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eAutomatic lubrication. The invention that kept every industrial machine in the world running without stopping. Created by a Black engineer whose name became a saying — and then got erased from the story. We did that. Now you know.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Buillth Automatic Lubrication tee is part of the We Did That collection — wearable archives honoring the Black inventors who built the modern world and never got the credit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe design: Museum-quality archival badge. Lubricating cup, steam engine gear system, oil flow diagram — the invention that kept the industrial age moving, made wearable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWear it. They'll ask. Then you tell them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe shirt: Heavyweight unisex tee. 100% ring-spun cotton. Soft enough to live in, bold enough to start a conversation. Tear-away label. Runs true to size.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElijah McCoy — The Short Version\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElijah McCoy was a Black inventor with 57 patents who invented the automatic lubricating cup for steam engines — eliminating the constant work stoppages that had plagued industrial machinery. His devices were so trusted and so often imitated that his name became slang for the genuine, unimitated original — a saying still used today. 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