Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5364350 | Twin-chamber syringe filled with a charge of activity-sensitive human protein A twin-chamber syringe has a pyrogen-free sterile solvent in the chamber averted from the needle, and in the second chamber facing the needle a charge of activity-sensitive human protein, introduced and lyophilized in a single operation in the syringe, wh... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5176635 | Twin-chamber syringe filled with a charge of activity-sensitive human protein as active substance A twin-chamber syringe has a pyrogen-free sterile solvent in the chamber averted from the needle, and in the second chamber facing the needle a charge of activity-sensitive human protein, introduced and lyophilized in a single operation in the syringe, wh... | 01/05/1993 |
