DESIRABLE INVENTIONS.
Through the British. Institute of Patentees Sir william Bell offers 12 suggestions as to inventions needed by the world. It is presumed that in the following list he confines himself to inventions not beyond the bounds of assumed possibility:— Glass that will bend. A smooth road surface that will not be slippery in wet weather. - A furnace that will conserve 95 per cent, of its heat. A process to make flannel unshrinkable. A noiseless airplane and an airplane that can be managed safely and easily by a boy or girl. A motor engine of 11b weight per horse-power. Methods to reduce friction. Practical ways of utilising the tides. A process to extract phosphorus from vulcanised indiarubber so that it can be boiled up and used again. A pipe that can be cleaned easily anti effectively. A temperance drink that will keep and yet not pall on the palate. Talking moving pictures.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4591, 22 August 1923, Page 4
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153DESIRABLE INVENTIONS. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4591, 22 August 1923, Page 4
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