Miscellany: Inventions

In Rochester, N. Y., Patent Attorney Gerhard A. Ellestad exhibited the following patented devices:

¶ A rat trap which ties a tiny bell around the neck of a trapped rat. Allowed to escape, the rat scares away other rats by his tinkling.

¶ A "pedal calorificator" consisting of a set of tubes stretching from head to foot, into which the owner blows in order to warm the soles of his feet.

¶ A mechanism for boring holes in bald scalps and inserting therein any desired length of hair.

¶ A set of electromagnets affixed to...

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