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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 |
| 7260454 | Vehicle equipped with a control system for operating one or more vehicle sub-system A vehicle is equipped with a transmitter/receiver user recognition device and a control system for allowing a user to act remotely on one or more sub-systems of a vehicle, e.g., opening a panel such as a boot. In use, the system operates in association with a user i... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7209047 | Monitoring coupling status with process lockout feedback A monitoring system includes a porthole in a tank or conduit that includes threads on an end thereof. A piece of processing equipment is mounted within the porthole by a threaded coupling collar. The threads of the coupling collar engage the threads of the porthole.... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7038592 | Method and device for detecting physical bottom contact for objects on a sea bottom A method and a device for detection of physical or approximately physical bottom contact for objects, for instance fishing tackles, which are dragged closely above or on a sea bottom, said method consisting of sensoring an alteration of a force acting on a tension s... | 05/02/2006 |
| 4912464 | Anchor alarm for boats and the like A motion detector is physically attached to a boat's anchor. Upon abnormal motion or movement of the anchor, indicative of a dragging anchor, a pulse generator is initiated by the motion detector to actuate a transmitting transducer and generate an acoust... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4651139 | Method for monitoring the drift of an anchored vessel and device for implementing the method The drift of a boat which lies at anchor is monitored by a piezoelectrical accelerometer which is fixed to the anchor and will be subjected to sharp accelerations in case the anchor is pulled over the ground. The signals emitted by the accelerometer are t... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4058792 | Ship security system A security system for a floating structure such as a boat, or the like, and which comprises an electro-mechanical apparatus that is sensitive to substantial changes in the position or orientation of the floating structure. A sensor circuit means is employ... | 11/15/1977 |
