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 |
| 7032624 | Low-vibration shedding system A novel rod linkage for driving a heddle shaft includes at least one strap (16), which for damping oscillation has a sandwich structure (37) oriented in the longitudinal direction (L) of the strap assembly (16). The sandwich structure includes a... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6719013 | Bead-weaving system A bead-weaving system including a multiplicity of beads for spacing apart a multiplicity of warp threads, wherein the beads are pierced by a hole in their diameter and threaded on a weft thread by a needle and positioned between each warp thread, the needle having a... | 04/13/2004 |
| 4178970 | Hand loom A hand loom of improved and simplified construction in which the course of travel of the warp threads during the weaving operation is similar to conventional looms. However, the loom of the present invention is provided with a beater which is mounted for ... | 12/18/1979 |
