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This 1903 patent proposed preserving bodies in transparent glass blocks

Ellsworth Toohey
May 05, 2025
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Method of preserving the dead. U.S. Patent No. 748,284 (1903)

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 …

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