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...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 |
| PP15574 | Shrub rose plant named ‘BAIcream’ A new and distinct variety of Landscape Shrub rose plant is provided which abundantly forms on a recurrent basis creamy white double blossoms with a hint of pink that commonly have a diameter of approximately 10 cm. The buds are slender in configuration and lemon ye... | 02/22/2005 |
| PP15575 | Sambucus plant named ‘Eva’ A new cultivar of Sambucus nigra plant named ‘Eva’ that is particulary distinguished in having foliage that combines very dark purple color with a laciniate shape. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| PP15576 | Bermudagrass hybrid named ‘Ozark’ The variety “Ozark” is a new and distinct hybrid bermudagrass variety. The plant was derived from an F1 hybrid cross of bermudagrass varieties A9959דCoastal.” “Ozark” has relatively tall, upright growth and exhibits superior cold tolerance relative to ... | 02/22/2005 |
| PP15577 | Osteospermum plant named ‘Osjotis’ A new Osteospermum plant particularly distinguished by its very compact round plant habit, early flowering with light purple colored ray florets and blue colored disc florets. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| PP15578 | Peach tree plant named ‘Super Lady’ A new and distinct variety of peach tree (Prunus persica). The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on ‘Nemagaurd’ Rootstock (non-patented), grown on Handford sandy loam soil with Storie Index rating 95, in U... | 02/22/2005 |
| PP15579 | Diascia plant named ‘Diaspetis’ A new Diascia plant particularly distinguished by its rosy red flowers, which produces no seeds, and has a growing habit that is spreading and hanging. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| PP15580 | Plum tree named ‘August Giant’ A new and distinct variety of plum tree that is characterized by producing a freestone fruit with good dark red coloration and that is ripe for commercial harvesting and shipment August 28-30 in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California. The new variety is closel... | 02/22/2005 |
| PP15581 | Verbena plant named ‘Balazgagic’ A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Balazgagic’ characterized by its purple-colored flowers, cleft, dark green-colored foliage, basal branching character, and spreading and trailing growth habit. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| PP15582 | Sedum plant named ‘Samuel Oliphant’ Sedum ‘Samuel Oliphant’ is a new and distinct cultivar of Stonecrop plant having gray-green leaves with creamy-yellow margins and carmine tips, and long lasting pinkish flowers valuable as a landscaping specimen, potted plant, or cut flower. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| PP15583 | Lomandra longifolia plant named ‘LM400’ ‘LM400’ is a distinctive variety of Lomandra longifolia which is characterized by the combination of its dwarf, compact growth habit; its fine, narrow leaf blade; and the blue/grey overall color of the leaf blade. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| PP15584 | Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Vamp Time Salmon’ A new variety of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Vamp Time Salmon,’ having a good uniform canopy of salmon decorative flowers. The new variety has a medium vigour, free branching, with a uniform spreading habit and good foliage presentation. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| PP15585 | Verbena plant named ‘Lan Litpur Two’ A new and distinct cultivar of Verbena plant named ‘Lan Litpur Two’, characterized by its compact, low and outwardly spreading, and decumbent plant habit; freely branching habit; early and uniform flowering habit and purple-colored flowers. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| PP15586 | Antirrhinum plant named ‘Sulte Reeda’ A new and distinct cultivar of Antirrhinum plant named ‘Sulte Reeda’, characterized by its outwardly spreading, decumbent and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; and numerous flowers that are dark red purple in color. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| PP15587 | Crocosmia plant named ‘Walrhead’ A new cultivar of Crocosmia named ‘Walrhead’ that is characterized by an upright clumping habit, short height, and free-flowering sterile red flowers that face reasonably upward. In combination these traits set ‘Walrhead’ apart from all other existing... | 02/22/2005 |
| PP15588 | Lilac plant named ‘Bailsugar’ A new and distinct highly ornamental cultivar of Syringa meyeri×Syringa microphylla is provided. A Lilac plant having a rounded neat compact dwarf growth habit is described. Highly attractive trusses of fragrant purple-lilac blossoms are formed in mid- to la... | 02/22/2005 |
| PP15589 | Calibrachoa plant named ‘Kakegawa S62’ ‘Kakegawa S62’ is a new variety of Calibrachoa plant. This new variety has red petal lobes with purple petal lobe veins and dark green foliage. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| PP15590 | Nemesia plant named ‘Balartublue’ A new and distinct cultivar of Nemesia plant named ‘Balartublue’, characterized by its violet-blue-colored flowers, medium green-colored foliage, and upright, spreading growth habit. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| PP15591 | Hosta plant named ‘Lady Guineverre’ A new cultivar of Hosta plant named ‘Lady Guineverre’ that is characterized in having variegated foliage and a large number of flowers. The leaves of ‘Lady Guineverre’ have wide yellow-green centers with narrow dark green margins. In combination, thes... | 02/22/2005 |
| PP15592 | Double Impatiens plant named ‘Balfiesink’ A new and distinct Double Impatiens plant named ‘Balfiesink’ characterized by its fully double dark pink/pale pink bicolor flowers, dark green-colored foliage, compact, upright and mounded growth habit and excellent basal branching. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| PP15593 | Freeman maple tree named ‘AF#1’ A new and distinct cultivar of Acer×freemanii named ‘AF#1’ is described. ‘AF#1’ is characterized by superior fall coloration. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| PP15594 | Clematis plant named ‘Barbara Harrington’ A new cultivar of Clematis named ‘Barbara Harrington’ that is characterized by intense deep purple flowers and a free flowering habit. In combination these traits set ‘Barbara Harrington’ apart from all other existing varieties of Clematis know... | 02/22/2005 |
| RE38705 | Method and device for electronically controlling the beating of a heart using venous electrical stimulation of nerve fibers An electro-stimulation device includes a pair of electrodes for connection to at least one location in the body that affects or regulates the heartbeat. The electro-stimulation device both electrically arrests the heartbeat and stimulates the heartbeat. A pair of el... | 02/22/2005 |
| RE38706 | Recording defect substitution method of a disc-shaped recording medium, and a recording and reproducing apparatus for a disc-shaped recording medium In a recording and reproducing apparatus for a disc-shaped recording medium, and a defect substitution method for a disc-shaped recording medium (8), whether reproduction of recorded data is good is determined by sector unit and not by product code unit, defe... | 02/22/2005 |
