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This 1903 patent proposed preserving bodies in transparent glass blocks

Summary by Boing Boing
What if you could preserve your loved ones forever, suspended in a crystal-clear glass cube? That's what Russian inventor Joseph Karwowski proposed in 1903, patenting a method to encase corpses in transparent glass blocks for eternal display. The process, as reported in Hyperallergic, aimed to keep bodies "in a perfect and lifelike condition" indefinitely. — Read the rest The post This 1903 patent proposed preserving bodies in transparent glass …
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Boing Boing broke the news in United States on Monday, May 5, 2025.
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