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Chocolate Dongola

Boots-Pmgon lege. nickel hooks and eyelits

Tan Russian Calf

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AAN AGE 0F INVENTION.

' By Ansley Irvine.

Glancing over the pages of contempor-

ary literature, one's attention is often ar- restered by the introduction of some new* invention or novel idea. The aerial steam- ship which Count Zappelin has construct- ed at a. cost of about £100,000 has so far proved nsuccess. If the few remaining ditliculties, preventing the navigation of the air being attained, free from danger, are obviated, this flying machine will be the means of opening npa new era of locomotion. The count is a lieutenant- general in the German Army, and has achieved many successful ascents with balloons in his military capacity. For a number of years he has devoted his time and money to the study of aerial navi- gation, having spent a considerable for- tune in his endeavours to discover the lsecret laws governing the navigation of the air.

The history of inventions show that

great undertakings like this are general- lyrewarded with but small remuneration incomparison with the labor entailed; in fact, the majority of fortunes have been made by very simple ideas, brought for- ward when there wasa public demand. Their success is always ephemeral when theyare only novelties. They need not be of actual utility as long as they meet

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1, the passing whim of the public.In illustra- l tion of this, take the threepenny money 'box which was on the market four years lags, and enjoyed ix sale far exceeding the

lhighest expectations of the inventor. It g may be classed as an article that took the pzpulat fancy, and of no practical use as an -invention. Articles that save labour or supply the wants or convenience of man enjoy a longer existence, as the screw, which upon its introduction im- mediately realised an_ enormous for- tune, and continued to advance in .valueas the years went on, leaving the inventor a wealthy man. The war in South Africa has amused the inventive faculties of many individuals, includ- ing the celebrated novelist Dr. Conan Doyle, who invented a means for en- suring at least approximate accuracy in high angle or dropping ride fire, the need of which is continually being felt when the enemy are hidden behind trenches. Mr. J. Longridge,the engineer, invented the famous wire-wound gun in 18-M. He did all in his power to place it before the War Office, but they would have nothing to do with it until 188'2.nenr- ly thirty years afterwards, when the Or- dinance Department at Woolwich began to experiment with it. It took them five years to discover that it was of use, and in 1887 they declared that nothing could equal it for heavy ordinance. Unfortun- ately the inventor had died in the mean- time. In me David Bushnell invented the first submarine explosive machine, calling it atorpedo, after the scientific name of t-he electric ray or skate-torpedo vulgis. It was commonly believed in ,those days that killed its prey by electri- city. But submarine; explosive machines were in use long before David Bushnell invented his torpedo, for we find that they were known and used over 1,500 years ago, and in 1585, when the Dutch besieg- ed Antwerp, they were employed with deadly effect. Twenty years after David Bushneh’s torpedo had been invented, Fulton, an American, :improved upon it, turning it intoadiving torpedo. He of- fered it to France, but she would have nothing to do with it, so he came over to England, and Pitt, then Prime Minister, took it up and organized an extensive torpedo attack. In 1804 Admiral Lord Keith used them in destroying the French ships off Boulogue. Fulton returned to America ani made estudy of the art of torpedo warfare. He moored torpedoes under the writer to protect the entrance of the harbours when Great Britain was engaged in war with America., and armed the boats with explosives, which were carried at the end of long poles and rammed against the

British ships.

Peopfe are usually misled by the idea that inventors are gifted with mechanical powers, but in glancing over the foremost inventors' lives we find a. direct contradic- tion, for many of the sucoessfulcannot

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possibly be said to have had a knowledge of mechanics. Certainly those with such kr-osvledge head the list, but are closely

men-the latter forming a large bulk of

patentees. Women seem to be facile in inventive ideas, mostly with designs for saving labor in the household work where there must be plenty of scope for new ideas, as there are hundreds oflittle things waiting to be superseded by simple ap- pliances which will reduce hand work to a minimum and obviate the necessity of so much toil being daily expended in household duties. The lady who invent- ed the improved baby carriage enriched herself to the extent of £10,000, while a lady living in PortElizabeth,South Africa devised a. simple toilet requisite, known as the “Mary Anderson" curling iron, and from this idea she derives an income of £100 a year. It was the wife of a clergy. man who invented the improved corset, and madea large fortune from it. Num- erous instances of ladies bringing forward inventions that added to personal com- fort and general utility could be given. They occupy all ranks of life, from the struggling dressmaker to the Empress of France, who, by the way, invented the dress-improver, which, years ago, devel- oped into the then fashionable crinoline. Women do not show any lack of the im- aginative or inventive power, as will be seen by the -paper bag-making .machine,_ which was invented by a lady in New York; or by the wonderful device for deadening the sound of car wheels onthe Overhead Railway, which has been used for a long time in America with great success, and might be introduced in cer- tain towns in England with advantage. It will be seen that women do not co ntlne themselves to the invention of domestic

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Doctors are continually bringing for- ward original ideas, relating principally to the improvement of surgical instru- ments, which, happily, tend--to alleviate our sufferings. The following excerpt is taken from a recent issue of a London paper, showing the latest achievement in surgical science: -“One of the most novel inventions in modern surgery is atongne made of india-rubber and mating on a pivot set between the teeth. There Us a man in New York who can show his wonderful mechanism, and whofeels very happy because he has it. He is now .able to talk as distinctly and freely as he ever did, and eat with ease and freedom.”

Surgical inventions and improvements may be termed scieritidc, and out of the province of a newspaper article. The common inventions made to simplify the work of everyday life afford better illus- tration ofthe fortunes that are 'made from simple things. They are |more_ re- munerative as a sphere of operation for the inventor. When Harvey Kennedy introduced the mohair shoelace he made quite half a million of money out of it. Several have made fortunes out of _boot- protectors, etc., while the ordinary um- brella has been the means of benefiting some six persons to the extent of £2,000, W0. A gentleman, residing in Hereford- shire, introduced last year an improved gate-fastener, which will probably bring him a fortune, .for it is becoming _exten- sively used by farmers in all countries, and is a v.-ist im I rovernent on all prior ex- isting things of its kind. It has often been said that everything worthy of being invented has been used, but this is no so, for many things are waiting improvement, and nearly every- one has, more or less, the inventive facul- ty. An interesting fleld has been shown to be open by Professor T. G. Menden-

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