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...that in 1800 ether was first used by partyers as a fun diversion? Sniffing the gas led to hilarious and raucous laughter as people watched each other become more and more intoxicated and silly. Several doctors independently realized the value ether would have to anesthetize surgery patients. Of those who claimed rights to the "discovery," none had a happy ending. One had a seizure and died defending his rights. Another spent his life in an asylum because he had been denied acclaim. A third became addicted to chloroform and, in a New York City jail, he soaked a cloth in the drug, severed an artery and bled to death.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6774591 | Motor/generator A motor/generator comprises a stator (2) having plural coils (C1-C14), and plural rotors (3, 4) disposed coaxially with the above-mentioned stator and driven by a compound current. The phase difference between the currents (70, 71)... | 08/10/2004 |
| 5352929 | Apparatus and method for regulating a generator of an internal combustion engine The apparatus for controlling an output voltage of a generator of an internal combustion engine having a starter device, includes a charge control signaling device, an excitation coil for the generator and a voltage regulator controlling an excitation cur... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5107198 | Apparatus for charging a battery especially a battery in a motor vehicle, with a self-exciting generator The apparatus for charging a battery particularly for a motor vehicle, with a self-exciting generator is provided in which the generator pre-excitation is improved during starting in that an additional relay is triggered via the starter arrangement, which... | 04/21/1992 |
| 4882531 | Integrated circuit voltage regulator and charging system Integrated circuit voltage regulator (60; 81; 91) is provided for use in a battery charging system (10) for providing excitation current to a field coil (13) of an alternator (11). The integrated circuit voltage regulator includes a transistor (70) which ... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4641584 | Electrically driven detachable gondola lift or chair lift A detachable chair or gondola lift is disclosed wherein an alternator is driven by a rope bull-wheel. The alternator supplies a synchronous motor for driving friction wheels or other mechanisms for driving the cars in an end station of the chair or gondol... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4588939 | Charging system for a car A surge voltage produced by intermittent operation of a voltage regulating device 5 is suppressed by providing a second power source 10 for exciting an alternating current generator.... | 05/13/1986 |
| 4560916 | Alternating current generator system for a car A field coil (2) is excited by a solar battery (9) attached on a car to use an alternating current generator as of a separately excited type and a battery (8) is supplementarily charged by the solar battery (9).... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4301376 | Internal combustion engine and D-C floating battery self-contained electrical network combination, particularly for the on-board network of automotive vehicles To provide for improved starting and rapid supply of power from a generator coupled to an internal combustion engine, typically an automotive-type engine, a connection is provided between the starter network and the field of the generator coupled to the i... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4143280 | Control system for a tertiary winding self-excited generator A control system for a self-excited alternator which includes an auxiliary winding adapted to supply excitation to the alternator field winding incorporates a circuit for supplementing field excitation when the available energy from the auxiliary winding ... | 03/06/1979 |
