Download or read book The Story of My First Invention written by Henry C. Thomson and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book STORY OF MY 1ST INVENTION written by Henry Charles 1866 Thomson and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book The Story of My First Invention Classic Reprint written by Henry Charles Thomson and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Story of My First Invention Sometimes when I let my mind wander back to the time I made my first invention, twenty-odd years ago, the circumstances surrounding it seem like the memory of a vivid dream. How well I remember my varying moods of hope and despair, the pleasure of expectation, and the bitterness of failure; my original idea of the soundness of my beliefs, and at last the conviction of my erring judgment; the strong impression I held at first that the Legal Aspect (the Patent) was the all-important factor, but which slowly died, to be replaced eventually by an unalterable belief, which years of practical experience have confirmed, that I was wrong. My subsequent business life - inventing, manufacturing, and selling - combined with my professional duties, proved to my satisfaction that the Commercial Aspect, rather than the Patent, is of primary and greatest importance. I can smile now and charge it off to experience, the kind of experience worth while, because dearly bought, and in my case profited by, but, oh! how serious it was then. No one, unless he has been through a similar experience, can realize the mental anguish I experienced when I came to a full appreciation of the fact that, instead of being well started on the road to fortune, I had been wending my way along a blind alley which terminated in a brick wall. I had spent every dollar of my money, and all I could borrow of my friends, and at the end had nothing to show for it but two sheets of parchment paper tied with a blue ribbon, with a red seal affixed; in other words, what Uncle Sam designates as "Letters Patent," the most deceiving document (to the ordinary individual) of any "grant" issued by the United States Government, one which, while seemingly giving you the exclusive right to "make, use, and vend" your invention, qualifies that right by that tantalizing word - If - which, while not expressed in print may stand like a sentinel to restrain your progress. On page 2 is shown a reduced fac-simile - a reproduction of one of my patents - showing where the words "exclusive right to make, use and vend" appear. The underscoring is by the author, to enable you to more easily find the location. I also call your attention to the words "an alleged" and "improvement" around which I have ruled a line just above "Eye Glasses," the title of the invention. The restriction carried by this implied word If, combined with the inability of ordinary Patent Attorneys to appreciate the all important Commercial Factor of invention, and thus help to guide their client in the right direction, has proven to be two of the principal reasons for the undoing financially of verily tens of thousands, and mentally of many hundreds of honest men, trying to acquire a competence from the creations of their own intellects. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book The Invention of Everything Else written by Samantha Hunt and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2009 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hunt's novel is a wondrous imagining of an unlikely friendship between theeccentric inventor Nikola Tesla and a young chambermaid in the Hotel New Yorker, where Tesla lived out his last days.

Download or read book The Crayon Man written by Natascha Biebow and published by HMH Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2019 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating the inventor of the Crayola crayon! This gloriously illustrated picture book biography tells the inspiring story of Edwin Binney, the inventor of one of the world's most beloved toys. A perfect fit among favorites like The Day the Crayons QuitandBalloons Over Broadway. purple mountains' majesty, mauvelous, jungle green, razzmatazz... What child doesn't love to hold a crayon in their hands? But children didn't always have such magical boxes of crayons. Before Edwin Binney set out to change things, children couldn't really even draw in color. Here's the true story of an inventor who so loved nature's vibrant colors that he found a way to bring the outside world to children - in a bright green box for only a nickel! With experimentation, and a special knack for listening, Edwin Binney and his dynamic team at Crayola created one of the world's most enduring, best-loved childhood toys - empowering children to dream in COLOR!

Download or read book The Story of the Rotor written by Anton Flettner and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Invention of Solitude written by Paul Auster and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2010-11-25 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'One day there is life . . . and then, suddenly, it happens there is death.' So begins Paul Auster's moving and personal meditation on fatherhood. The first section, 'Portrait of an Invisible Man', reveals Auster's memories and feelings after the death of his father. In 'The Book of Memory' the perspective shifts to Auster's role as a father. The narrator, 'A', contemplates his separation from his son, his dying grandfather and the solitary nature of writing and story-telling.

Download or read book The Story of my Life written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-02-23 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Download or read book The Greatest Invention written by Silvia Ferrara and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this exhilarating celebration of human ingenuity and perseverance—published all around the world—a trailblazing Italian scholar sifts through our cultural and social behavior in search of the origins of our greatest invention: writing. The L where a tabletop meets the legs, the T between double doors, the D of an armchair’s oval backrest—all around us is an alphabet in things. But how did these shapes make it onto the page, never mind form complex structures such as this sentence? In The Greatest Invention, Silvia Ferrara takes a profound look at how—and how many times—human beings have managed to produce the miracle of written language, traveling back and forth in time and all across the globe to Mesopotamia, Crete, China, Egypt, Central America, Easter Island, and beyond. With Ferrara as our guide, we examine the enigmas of undeciphered scripts, including famous cases like the Phaistos Disk and the Voynich Manuscript; we touch the knotted, colored strings of the Inca quipu; we study the turtle shells and ox scapulae that bear the earliest Chinese inscriptions; we watch in awe as Sequoyah single-handedly invents a script for the Cherokee language; and we venture to the cutting edge of decipherment, in which high-powered laser scanners bring tears to an engineer’s eye. A code-cracking tour around the globe, The Greatest Invention chronicles a previously uncharted journey, one filled with past flashes of brilliance, present-day scientific research, and a faint, fleeting glimpse of writing’s future.

Download or read book The Invention of Hugo Cabret written by Brian Selznick and published by Scholastic. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An orphan and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy train station. He desperately believes a broken automaton will make his dreams come true. But when his world collides with an eccentric girl and a bitter old man, Hugo's undercover life are put in jeopardy. Turn the pages, follow the illustrations and enter an unforgettable new world!

Download or read book The Story of Inventions written by Frank P. Bachman and published by Christian Liberty Press. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great inventions, historical biographies, strong morals, and the godly character traits necessary for success are highlighted in this collection of stories. From the steam engine and the printing press to television and computers, a wide range of inventions is covered in short chapters that include reading comprehension questions. For older elementary students. 354 pages, softcover from Christian Liberty Press.

Download or read book My First Book written by Jerome Klapka Jerome and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1897 volume offers a collection of essays on the first works of a number of prominent authors, including Rudyard Kipling.

Download or read book Inventors Who Changed the World written by Heidi Poelman and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the ranging curiosity of Leonardo da Vinci to the dedication and sacrifice of Marie Curie, Inventors Who Changed the World is a young child's first introduction to the brilliant people who taught us the meaning of perseverance and innovation. Simple text and adorable illustrations tell the contributions of nine renowned inventors from around the world: Cai Lun, Leonardo da Vinci, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, Orville and Wilbur Wright, Grace Hopper, Johannes Gutenberg, and Louis Pasteur. Inspire your own little inventor with the words of these inventive heroes who changed the world.

Download or read book The Invention of Wings written by Sue Monk Kidd and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The newest Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 selection: this special eBook edition of The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd features exclusive content, including Oprah’s personal notes highlighted within the text, and a reading group guide. Writing at the height of her narrative and imaginative gifts, Sue Monk Kidd presents a masterpiece of hope, daring, the quest for freedom, and the desire to have a voice in the world. Hetty “Handful” Grimke, an urban slave in early nineteenth century Charleston, yearns for life beyond the suffocating walls that enclose her within the wealthy Grimke household. The Grimke’s daughter, Sarah, has known from an early age she is meant to do something large in the world, but she is hemmed in by the limits imposed on women. Kidd’s sweeping novel is set in motion on Sarah’s eleventh birthday, when she is given ownership of ten year old Handful, who is to be her handmaid. We follow their remarkable journeys over the next thirty five years, as both strive for a life of their own, dramatically shaping each other’s destinies and forming a complex relationship marked by guilt, defiance, estrangement and the uneasy ways of love. As the stories build to a riveting climax, Handful will endure loss and sorrow, finding courage and a sense of self in the process. Sarah will experience crushed hopes, betrayal, unrequited love, and ostracism before leaving Charleston to find her place alongside her fearless younger sister, Angelina, as one of the early pioneers in the abolition and women’s rights movements. Inspired by the historical figure of Sarah Grimke, Kidd goes beyond the record to flesh out the rich interior lives of all of her characters, both real and invented, including Handful’s cunning mother, Charlotte, who courts danger in her search for something better. This exquisitely written novel is a triumph of storytelling that looks with unswerving eyes at a devastating wound in American history, through women whose struggles for liberation, empowerment, and expression will leave no reader unmoved. Please note there is another digital edition available without Oprah’s notes. Go to Oprah.com/bookclub for more OBC 2.0 content

Download or read book Invention Stories written by Robert Bear and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-06-19 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was that aha moment... ...and it changed their lives forever. What sparks the inventor's mind? Deborah Chester had a dream about two tornados hitting her house. Then it happened and she became homeless. Then her husband had a dream. In his dream, the idea for the Rim Pro-Tec came to him. Now, they are millionaires. We all get hungry. Snacking can be serious business. Dan Ferrara hated the messy hands from finger foods, so he set out to do something about it. He created Trongs. They let you get your nom nom nom on without the mess. And who knew there would be a market for spandex bodysuits? Colin Grussing figured it out and was a guest on Shark Tank with his invention Root Suit. When they asked if he had made any money, he said, "Hell yeah." In the previous year, 10,000 units sold for a profit of $104,000. Have you ever had an idea? Could it change the world? Where do you go first? What will be your invention journey? The following are stories of invention, written by the inventors, because their paths to success may just show you the way. At the very least, they will entertain and inspire. Buy Now.

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Download or read book Popular Mechanics written by and published by . This book was released on 1913-12 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.