patent
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In his 1887 patent for the “induction telegraph,” he described a system that allowed moving trains to communicate without physical contact.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Ben Montgomery, an enslaved man, developed an improved steamship propeller in 1854 but couldn’t patent it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
The feature is meant to "satisfy users' toilet needs on long journeys, while camping or while staying in the car", engineers wrote in Seres' patent filing in China on 10 April.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
The patent filing shows Seres' plans for an onboard toilet that slides out from the bottom of a passenger's seat with a push or through voice-activated commands.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Slater wrote Lawrence that the application concerned “your proton merry- go-round ... It never would have occurred to me to patent such a thing but I thought at any rate you would want to know.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Vocabulary lists containing patent
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
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The Ingenious Lexicon of Invention
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"Of Plymouth Plantation," Vocabulary from the historical account
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