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 |
| 6244232 | Automotive heater apparatus A control apparatus and method for controlling an automotive heater apparatus. The heater apparatus includes a coolant circuit for cooling an engine, a coolant circulating through the circuit, a heat generator for transferring heat to the coolant, and a h... | 06/12/2001 |
| 5172753 | Automobile heating system An automobile heating system includes a turbocharger driven by the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine and a shaft of the turbocharger is coupled to a compressor for compressing and heating ambient air to provide a heated air source for supply in... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5129578 | Usage of conductive heat source generated by heating compressed air Usage of a conductive heat source generated by heating compressed air, wherein compressed air obtained by compression by a compressor is sent into a compressed air heater having an electric heater incorporated therein, so as to be heated, and the compress... | 07/14/1992 |
| 4928667 | Gas fire heating unit A gas fire space heater which can be an insert for an existing fireplace or a free standing unit is described. The device consists of a gas burner with radiants disposed within a housing. The products of combustion are collected in a first plenum, directe... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4815526 | Central space heating apparatus A central space heating apparatus comprises a furnace having a chamber adapted to receive and contain a gas and a source a heat for heating the gas in the chamber, conduits connected in closed circuit to the furnace chamber for conducting the gas from the... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4476851 | Windmill energy system A windmill energy system for extracting energy from available wind power comprising a windmill in combination with a compressor pump in an essentially closed loop system with the compressor pump including a tubular upper section having a cylindrical bore ... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4419926 | ESC energy recovery system for fuel-efficient aircraft The invention is an energy recovery system (20) which uses excess air emanating from an aircraft cabin (16) to drive a turbo-compressor unit (30). The outlet air from the compressor (26) of turbo-compressor unit (30) is optionally fed, either around or th... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4308993 | Heating system A heating system which uses bleed air to heat and recirculate cabin air for the passenger space of a vehicle.... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4123003 | Solar energy collection panels and energy recovery systems Solar energy collection panels and energy recovery systems for recovering solar energy to reduce the power consumption in water heaters, air-conditioning systems and the like. The solar panels comprise decorative roofing panels having a second formed pane... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4053732 | Portable electric room air heater A room air heater which includes a vertically disposed tubular housing or casing mounted on a mobile supporting structure for ease of movement to a desired location and including a heat exchange coiled tube communicating with a tank having an electric res... | 10/11/1977 |
