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  2. Letitia Mumford Geer - Wikipedia

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    According to Geer's patent, "In a hand-syringe the combination of a cylinder, a piston and an operating-rod which is bent upon itself to form a smooth and rigid arm terminating in a handle, which, in its extreme positions, is located within reach of the fingers of the hand which holds the cylinder, thus permitting one hand to hold and operate ...

  3. Syringe - Wikipedia

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    Syringe made entirely of glass, with no parts made from plastic nor any other material An antique glass and metal syringe. Medical syringes include disposable and safety syringes, injection pens, needleless injectors, insulin pumps, and specialty needles. [2]

  4. List of pre-Columbian inventions and innovations of ...

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    A device used as a toy and made out of wood. [41] Spruce beer – a beverage made using pine needles. Also called pine beer and nettle beer, it was most likely originally brewed by First Nations, and predates the arrival of Europeans. [42] Squash – the people of southern Mexico were the first to grow squash. Squash along with maize (corn) and ...

  5. Carpuject - Wikipedia

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    The carpuject is a syringe device for the administration of injectable fluid medication. It was patented by the Sterling Drug Company , which became the Sterling Winthrop , after World War II. It is designed with a luer-lock device to accept a sterile hypodermic needle or to be linked directly to intravenous tubing line.

  6. Hypodermic needle - Wikipedia

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    Hypodermic needles are normally made from a stainless-steel or Niobium tube [17] through a process known as tube drawing where the tube is drawn through progressively smaller dies to make the needle. The end of the needle is bevelled to create a sharp pointed tip, letting the needle easily penetrate the skin.

  7. Waterskin - Wikipedia

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    Skin bottle made of goat leather A leather waterskin from the Judean desert, dating back to 132–135 CE. Depiction of a waterskin bearer in Persepolis. A waterskin is a receptacle used to hold water.

  8. List of FIFA World Cup official match balls - Wikipedia

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    Made up of leather, consisted of 13 panels and had white cotton laces on a separate, thin panel. [7] 1950: Duplo T Superball First ball to have no laces and introduce the syringe valve. [8] 1954: Swiss World Champion Kost Sport, Basel The first 18-panel ball. [5] [9] 1958: Top Star Sydsvenska Läder och Remfabriken, Ängelholm (aka "Remmen" or ...

  9. Thimble - Wikipedia

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    Thimbles are usually made from metal, leather, rubber, wood, and even glass or china. Early thimbles were sometimes made from whale bone , horn , or ivory . Natural sources were also utilized such as Connemara marble , bog oak or mother of pearl .