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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 |
| 5582000 | Coolable rocket nozzle for a rocket engine This invention relates to rocket engines which have a rocket nozzle for expanding hot, highly pressurized rocket gases and more particularly, to a high expansion ratio nozzle for such an engine by flowing the water along a wall to provide additional cooli... | 12/10/1996 |
| 4829763 | Process for producing power A process is disclosed for producing mechanical energy or electric power from chemical energy contained in a fuel, utilizing a combustion turbine. The compressed air which is used for combustion of the fuel to drive the turbine is humidified prior to comb... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4355969 | Electrically charged, emulsified carrier-fuel particle combustion Improving the combustion of a fuel by providing negatively charged ions in water to molecularly excite the water, creating an emulsion composed of tiny droplets of the ion charged water coated with fuel oil, and introducing the emulsion of excited fuel co... | 10/26/1982 |
