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The Inventors.About.com Newsletter
October 30, 2000
~ Ghost Detectors
~ Death and Money
~ Off With Their Heads
~ Community - Patents for License or Sale
~ Upcoming
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GHOST DETECTORS
"Who invented the ghost detector?" a reader wrote in asking. I set
to work on finding out the answer and headed to the United States Patent
and Trademark Library to do a patent search for ghost detectors. This is
what I found out...
http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa103100a.htm
HALLOWEEN PATENTS
See some amazing inventions patented in service of Halloween.
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blhalloween.htm
DEATH & MONEY
The invention of the electric chair.
http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa102497.htm
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS
The invention of the guillotine and how an attempt to do away with
the death penalty by Doctor Joseph Ignace Guillotin backfired.
http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa103197.htm
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---------------------Hot Threads-------------------------
The following are the hot thread or forum discussions going on in our Delphi forum right now. These are all conversations on our bulletin board that you can feel free to join in and add you comments, opinions, advice or disagreements. Our forums are attracting the "professionals" among our readers, this is a good place to connect with your fellow inventor. You can read or browse all the messages as a guest, but you have to join in order to leave a message.
Patents for License or Sale
One of our readers has started a thread promoting your inventions.
If you would like free promotion of your inventions, please add your comments
to this discussion and we can work on a method to do so.
http://forums.about.com/ab-inventors/messages?lgnF=y&msg=123.1
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PARANORMAL PHENOMENA
Interested in things that go bump in the night? Guide Stephen Wagner
unravels life's mysteries and finds reason in weirdness.
http://paranormal.about.com/index.htm
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