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Tag: monument

A monumental perpetuation of genius [patent]

June 28, 2014 Marc Abrahams

“What could be more appropriate or decorous than that the ashes of men of genius or enterprise should be placed in the form of a plaque in a part of the works to which they devoted their lives,” wrote Albert Vanderlaan in his patent document: “Method of perpetuating human remains and article made thereby,” US patent […]

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