Did You Know...
...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 |
| 4312026 | Chip ceramic capacitor A chip capacitor which has a substantially rectangular dielectric body having a pair of long sides, a pair of short sides perpendicular to said long sides, a pair of conductive confronting electrodes attached on the surface of the dielectric body so that ... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4281360 | High-voltage capacitor A high-voltage capacitor, particularly for use in a voltage divider, is made from a high-voltage lead cable and a metallic component surrounding the cable for some distance along the length thereof, the metallic component being fixedly secured to a printe... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4205364 | Microcapacitors having beveled edges and corners An improved capacitor assembly has a rectangular top and bottom electrodes secured to a ceramic block having flat top and bottom faces. Opposite end and side edges of the block and electrodes are beveled and curved and corners of the assembly are rounded.... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4200701 | Polymeric materials A polymeric material which comprises an amorphous solid solution formed between a metallic compound and a polymer by virtue of ether, thioether or urethane linkages contained therein, the metal of the metallic compound being selected from the group consis... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4048546 | Dielectric powder compositions Finely divided dielectric powder compositions having the formula (Srx Pb1-x TiO3)a (PbMg0.5 W0.5 O3)b wherein x is 0-0.10, a is 0.35-0.5, b is 0.5-0.65, and a plus b equals one,... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4025829 | Silver mica block condenser and method of making the same A silver mica block condenser wherein a mica plate is fitted with a plurality of silver films as spaced from one another on one surface and with a silver film on the other surface, a glass film is applied to cover the plurality of silver films and the spa... | 05/24/1977 |
| 4020536 | Method of constructing credit cards for automatic vending equipment and credit purchase systems A special method of credit card construction is provided with the credit card precoded in binary code representing several digits and with a locator indicator to insure that the card is correctly positioned when inserted in the console or read-out station... | 05/03/1977 |
| 4017660 | Dielectric material having monomolecular layers and capacitors in which said material is employed The dielectric material is constituted by monomolecular layers of an organic substance, the molecules of which have a long aliphatic chain terminating in a hydrophilic group. The substance is selected from the group in which a lateral group is grafted ont... | 04/12/1977 |
