This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of General Information", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
[L.] A machine for raising grain, etc., to a higher floor-usually an endless chain with a series of scoops or buckets; also, a cage or platform or hoist for hoisting persons or goods. The passenger elevator is largely employed in the lofty buildings of recent times. By its aid buildings many stories high are easily used. It is called a lift in England.
 
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