Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4397208 | Jewelry tag marking method This invention is a method and apparatus for marking tags for use on jewelry to indicate the characteristics of the jewelry and prices and the like wherein the possibility of alteration is minimized by the use of tags having a coating which is penetrated ... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4077449 | Copy milling machine A copy milling machine for producing a series of identically shaped wooden products, for instance parts of furniture, starting from mainly identical workpieces, said machine comprising a template, two swingably mounted and rotatably driven milling cutters... | 03/07/1978 |
