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Electrical Anti-Erection “Body Wear” 1889
This is the third in a new series of posts on interesting, early applications of electricity, most of which are taken from the archives of the U.S. Patent Office. Unlike the general post in this blog, many of the Electro-LUXurious post images and documentation can be presented without commentary.
[Source: Google Patents, http://www.google.com/patents/US396212]
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