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 |
| 5289716 | Monitoring and analyzing waste glass compositions A device and method for determining the viscosity of a fluid, preferably molten glass. The apparatus and method uses the velocity of rising bubbles, preferably helium bubbles, within the molten glass to determine the viscosity of the molten glass. The bub... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5203203 | Viscometer for in situ monitoring An apparatus for measuring in situ the viscosity of a fluid in a sealed container which includes a spherical ball forming an integral package before any fluid is placed within the container. The apparatus further includes a composite ball consisting of a ... | 04/20/1993 |
| 4276383 | Clot lysing timer A clot lysing timing device consisting of a thermostatically controlled assembly including heated blocks formed with wells to receive precooled test tubes containing liquid with clots formed by the addition of thrombin to plasma (or to a mixture of fibrin... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4027516 | Viscometer system A viscometer system for providing an indication of the viscosity of a fluid and operable on the falling slug principle and providing a means for providing an output indicative of viscosity as a function of elapsed time.... | 06/07/1977 |
