US Patent No. 556,248 for a "Saluting device.
US Patent No. 556,248 for a "Saluting device.
On 20 March 1896, James Boyle received US Patent No. 556,248 for a “Saluting device” that automatically lifted and rotated a hat during a bow.
Even in 1896, manual politeness was apparently such an intolerable burden that it had to be mechanised.
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