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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 |
| 7513130 | Apparatus for producing tesserae of glass mosaic containing a metal foil Method and plant to make tesserae (11) for glass mosaic, containing ornamental metal foil (14) inside. The method comprises the steps of positioning a first glass strip (30), with a metal foil (14) associated above, on a work plane (20... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7421857 | Process for fabricating glass art A process for fabricating glass art, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a first substrate and a second substrate, wherein each of the first and second substrates comprises an upper surface and a lower surface; (b) providing at least one wire, wherein the at leas... | 09/09/2008 |
| 6546751 | Articles with selectively deposited overlay A method of providing a decorative metal pattern on an electrically non-conductive substrate, such as a glass or plastic substrate, which includes applying a mixture of heat fusible material, such as glass or plastic, with a metal having a particle size l... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6209353 | Method for producing an object having a flange and apparatus therefor A known method for producing an object having a flanged tubular portion at the outer periphery, comprises supplying a continuously extended, cylindrical body made of the flange material to a welding zone at the tubular portion of the object and welding th... | 04/03/2001 |
| 5730543 | Electrically conducting connection An electrically conductive connection is made between a metal connector and a metal layer applied and bonded by sintering to a ceramic substrate comprising glass and/or vitreous ceramic in small quantities. An adhesion-promoting layer having a glass and/o... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5547484 | Methods of making metallic glass foil laminate composites A process for the fabrication of a rapidly solidified foil laminate composite. An amorphous metallic glass foil is flux treated and coated with solder. Before solidification of the solder the foil is collected on a take-up spool which forms the composite ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 4952188 | Method for making mask support structure for a tension mask color cathode ray tube A method of making a mask support structure for a cathode ray tube includes the steps of slowly rotating a quantity of sdolder glass paste in a container continuously over an extended period of time so that its viscosity is significantly below an original... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4811893 | Method for bonding copper plate to alumina substrate and process for producing copper/alumina bonded assembly A novel method for directly bonding a copper plate to an alumina substrate is disclosed. Also disclosed is a process by which bonded assembles of copper plate and alumina substrate can be produced in large volumes on an industrial scale in high yield and ... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4738935 | Method of manufacturing compound semiconductor apparatus A method of manufacturing a compound semiconductor device has the steps of mirror-polishing a surface of each of two compound semiconductor substrates, bringing the mirror-polished surfaces of the two compound semiconductor substrates in contact with each... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4668270 | Method of making an electrically heated, glass vision unit This specification teaches a method of making an electrically heated, glass vision unit having a complex curved configuration. The method is initiated by cutting a glass substrate (10) from a flat glass bracket (12). The glass substrate (10) has first and... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4647244 | Hermetic seal for window usable with infrared detector A method of securing a window of crumbly material in the end of a tube so as to effectively prevent leakage during temperature cycling, first involving the step of selecting a window having a small clearance when placed inside the end of the tube. Any con... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4638552 | Method of manufacturing semiconductor substrate A method of manufacturing a semiconductor substrate having a modified layer therein comprises the steps of mirror-polishing one surface of each of first and second semiconductor plates, forming a modified layer on at least one of the polished surfaces of ... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4543116 | Welding and fluid tightness process for the production of sensors A process for producing pressure sensors and other similar devices in which a fluid-tight bond between a sealing glass and another material is obtained under the effect of the application of heat and an electric field. The process is characterized in that... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4514207 | Method for making terminal assembly for heart pacemaker First and second members spaced from each other are hermetically sealed by fused insulating materials. The insulating materials are partially amorphous and partially crystalline. The insulating materials have substantially identical characteristics. Howev... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4501051 | High accuracy differential pressure capacitive transducer and methods for making same A capacitive pressure transducer is disclosed in which a sensing diaphragm bearing an electrode is mounted to flex in response to applied fluid pressure relative to a reference member having an opposed electrode. A thin film or layer of dielectric materia... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4501060 | Dielectrically isolated semiconductor devices Dielectrically isolated single crystal silicon of high quality is produced by an extremely convenient process. This process involves the fusing of two silicon bodies where at least one of these bodies has a region of silicon oxide. The bodies are contacte... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4452624 | Method for bonding insulator to insulator A method for making an airtight seal between a pair of insulator elements, uch as glass plates, without destroying any fine structure etched in the insulator elements. A thin metal film is deposited on one of the elements to be sealed and then placed in in... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4417913 | Lower temperature glass and hermetic seal means and method An improved lead-free glass or glass plus alumina ceramic sealing material composition for making compression glass sealed electrical leads in semiconductor device packages is described wherein the improved sealing material consists essentially of the fol... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4294602 | Electro-optically assisted bonding A method of bonding a cover glass to a semiconductor substrate having conductors thereon. The cover glass and the semiconductor substrate are placed in a relatively high voltage field and heated to induce ion drift in the glass and improved conductivity i... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4266265 | Ceramic capacitor and method for making the same High-cadmium silicates, namely 2CdO.SiO2, 5CdO.2SiO2 and 3CdO.SiO2, are employed as the flux in a dielectric ceramic precursor mixture. The characteristic melting temperature of these fluxes is greater than the maximum cer... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4235645 | Process for forming glass-sealed multichip semiconductor devices The preferred embodiment of the invention comprises a glass sealed thyristor and a method for simultaneously constructing a plurality of thyristors and a common semiconductor wafer. The thyristor utilizes a body of semiconductor material with the cathode ... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4168960 | Method of making a glass encapsulated diode A glass encapsulated semiconductor diode and a method for glass encapsulation of a fusion to form a semiconductor diode is disclosed. The fusion comprises a body of semiconductor material having a PN junction therein and metal electrodes affixed to oppose... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4162151 | Method of forming arc tube end seal An improved arc tube end seal and the method of forming that seal in a high pressure sodium discharge lamp is disclosed. The method includes precoating the refractory metal end cap with a slurry of metallic silicon and baking the end cap prior to accompli... | 07/24/1979 |
| 4143458 | Method of making a thin film magnetic head assembly A method of making a thin film magnetic head assembly having a spaced substrate and superstrate with a thin film magnetic transducer mounted therebetween by the steps of positioning at least one spacing member between the substrate and superstrate, placin... | 03/13/1979 |
| 4142881 | Process for welding glass so that metallic elements pass through the weld bead A process for welding two glass members together to form a weld bead through which connecting wires extend. The glass members are first brought into intimate contact with metal parts which can be heated by a high frequency current. The glass members are h... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4014729 | Method for bonding and plating with exploding foil Bonds are made between two work pieces by using foils exploded by electrical energy typically stored in a large capacitor. To increase the uniformity of the bond area, a foil having at least one slit cut in the direction of current flow is used. The foil ... | 03/29/1977 |
| 4008117 | Apparatus for bonding and plating with exploding foil Bonds are made between two work pieces by using foils exploded by electrical energy typically stored in a large capacitor. To increase the uniformity of the bond area, a foil having at least one slit cut in the direction of current flow is used. The foil ... | 02/15/1977 |
| 3950174 | Electrically insulating coating glass An electrically isulating coating glass suitable for fusing or coating an electroconductive material in multi-layer circuits which contains the following components:... | 04/13/1976 |
