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but they decided not to purchase the invention because they feared the inflatable wheels could be pierced by gunfire. Several photos and videos exist of the testing of the vehicle, and it was reported in 2015 to have been rescued by Eugene Pock when the factory moved to
Kentucky in the 1960s, and Pock would bring the Rhino to annual threshing meets.
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Another of his inventions was the Rhino, an amphibious, 5-ton, 4-wheeled vehicle designed for multiple terrains. The prototype was built by Marmon-Harrington in
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Aghnides' first invention was the faucet aerator, which is a standard part of nearly all faucets, in 1943. He said he got the idea from watching a waterfall. He also had a number of related patents throughout the years stemming from his original invention. He kept luxury apartments in both New York
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