The Value of Inyentions
" Invention ' says tbat two patent pens are at present producing to their fortunate inventors L 40,000 a year each ; and that the man who first thought of fastening a little piece of indiarnbbsr to the end of a lead pencil made L 20,000 out^ of his idea. But one inventor has discovered a bonanza greater than these. A certain American engineer owns a patent for a tube well, and this is said to be wonh L 600,000 a year to him. The machine is used on nearly every farm in the United States. Such, at least, is the story ; but we perfer to read dollrsa instead of pounds. The invention of the roller skate produced, however, L 200-,--000 ; and the invention of the needle threader, which is sold in the street for Id, has brought in over L'2ooo a year for some time past. Who would not be an inventor ?
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 136, 14 May 1892, Page 4
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154The Value of Inyentions Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 136, 14 May 1892, Page 4
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