Elevators go up and down, that much we know. One could say that they follow the common saying: “What goes up must come down.” I researched the origins of this saying, and surprise, surprise, Isaac Newton once again gets credit for stating the obvious. The fact that Newton receives credit for such an observation gives me hope that any of us can be elevated to levels of genius by stating other such obviousness. “Water is wet,” for example, or “Ice cream tastes good on a hot summer day.”
Something that has not been obvious to me is the application of building, life safety and plumbing codes as they relate to elevators. Over the course of my career, the requirements for plumbing and fire protection as they relate to elevators have gone up and down, enough to make my head bobble.