THE VALUE OF SMALL INVENTIONS.
It is stated that the stylograpbie pea . yields to the proprietor of thftfjatootao less than £20,000 annually;' Tw'taibft revenue is s iid to be deriVeji from a , patent for a pan for shading in various colours. The inventor of the gummed newspaper covers is nowa.rioh man; The,, screw points at the ends of lead' pencils have made the owner of the patent independent. The Abyssinian wejlie said . to have yielded to the original inventor; ! Colonel Green, no less than £600y900. The inventor of the roller-skate* if re- . ported to have acquired a fortune of £200,000. Even ordinary toys—for instance, the returning oali; witiriadtambwar coating, and several other amusements for children—have returned from £10,000 to £15,000 each. The toy called the " Often " ' brought the inventor within nine months a sum o( £30,000.- iif..'-i,u;:V ii
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4544, 28 July 1883, Page 2
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138THE VALUE OF SMALL INVENTIONS. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4544, 28 July 1883, Page 2
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