...that the first rickshaw was invented in 1869 by an American Baptist minister, the Rev. E. Jonathan Scobie, to transport his invalid wife around the streets of Yokohama?
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6994282 | Radio controlled liquid monitor A radio controlled liquid monitor, capable of rotation about a vertical axis through an infinite arc is disclosed. A rotatable body is rotatably mounted onto a base element for rotation about a vertical axis, and a discharge elbow is rotatably mounted on the rotatab... | 02/07/2006 |
| 4287406 | Electric contact device with fluidized metal particle bed An electric contact device for conveying electric current to an article such as a moving billet or wire comprising a current feeder member in a bed of electrically conductive de-oxidized metal particles and the article being placed in contact with the bed... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4204378 | Method of closing a capillary tube A method of closing an end portion of a metallic capillary tube. In this method, the tube is crimped to form at least a temporary seal adjacent the end portion thereof, and the tube is then fused at the end portion thereof at least adjacent the at least t... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4188523 | Roll electrode for use in a seam welding machine The roll electrode comprises a stator member and a rotor member surrounding the stator member with an annular gap therebetween and a liquid metal is filled in the gap. The liquid metal has a composition consisting of 69.5b1;5.0 atomic % of Ga, 15.2b1;... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4056703 | Process and apparatus for resistance heating of electrically conductive workpieces Elongated electrically-conductive workpieces such as bars, strips and wire, are resistance heated by passing an electric current through a length of the workpiece between a pair of spaced contacts. The contacts are electrically-conductive molten metal or ... | 11/01/1977 |