Editing Hugo Gernsback (section)

== Patents and inventions ==
Gernsback held 80 patents by the time of his death in [[New York City]] on August 19, 1967.<ref>Frederic Krome, "Introduction to 'Hugo Gernsback and World War I", in Krome, ed., ''Fighting the Future War: An Anthology of Science Fiction War Stories, 1914–1945'' (London: Routledge, 2012), 21. {{ISBN|1136683143}}, 9781136683145; many repeat the "80 patents" detail, sometimes as "over 80" or "some 80," starting in ''Sexology'' 34/11 (NY, 1967), 293.</ref>

His first patent was a new method for manufacturing [[dry cell]] batteries, a patent applied for on June 28, 1906, and granted February 5, 1907.<ref name="AS" />

Among his inventions are a combined electric hair brush and comb ({{US Patent|1,016,138}}), 1912; an ear cushion ({{US Patent|1,514,152}}) in 1927; and a hydraulic fishery ({{US Patent|2,718,083}}), in 1955.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hugo Gernsback's Unconventional Inventions |url=https://invention.si.edu/hugo-gernsbacks-unconventional-inventions |website=Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation |date=July 31, 2018 |access-date=November 3, 2019}}</ref>

Gernsback published a work entitled ''Music for the Deaf'' in ''The Electrical Experimenter'' describing the Physiophone, a device which converted audio into electrical impulses that could be detected by humans. He advocated this device as a method for allowing the deaf to experience music.<ref name="physiophone">[https://manifold.umn.edu/read/the-perversity-of-things-hugo-gernsback-on-media-tinkering-and-scientifiction/section/7e4a64f7-c61a-4f87-9311-00f9ff6ec615 ''Music for the Deaf''. The Electrical Experimenter, vol. 7, no. 12, April 1920, vol. 7, no. 12, April 1920]</ref>

Other patents held by Gernsback are related to: Incandescent Lamp, Electrorheostat Regulator, Electro Adjustable Condenser, Detectorium, Relay, [[Potentiometer]], Electrolytic Interrupter, Rotary Variable Condenser, Luminous Electric Mirror, Transmitter, Postal Card, Telephone Headband, Electromagnetic Sounding Device, Submersible Amusement Device, [[The Isolator (helmet)|The Isolator]], Apparatus for Landing Flying Machines, Tuned Telephone Receiver, Electric Valve, Detector, Acoustic Apparatus, Electrically Operated Fountain, Cord Terminal, Coil Mounting, Radio Horn, Variable Condenser, Switch, Telephone Receiver, Crystal Detector, Process for Mounting Inductances, [[hair removal|Depilator]], Code Learner's Instrument.<ref name="AS">{{cite web |title=Hugo Gernsback's Patents |url=https://amazingstories.com/2015/11/hugo-gernsbacks-patents/ |website=Amazing Stories |date=November 13, 2015 |access-date=November 3, 2019 |ref=AS}}</ref>