Inventor

Examples

• James, of New York, the latter being probably its real inventor. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The inventor said that he would leave that to the president. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Men began to doubt whether the new engine could ever be made to accomplish what Watt claimed for it, but although he realized the difficulties the inventor would not allow himself to doubt. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It is interesting to note that Edison became greatly interested in the later developments by Marconi, and is an admiring friend and adviser of that well-known inventor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• His genius as an inventor is revealed in many details of the great concentrating plant. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• That is the gauge, the test that has proved the inventor. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• But the _Clermont_, in spite of all prophecies to the contrary, had traveled under her own steam from New York to Albany, and the trip was the crowning event in Fulton’s career as inventor. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• There has been no inventor who has covered such a field, and each step he takes opens new and fascinating vistas to his ever-inquiring eyes. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It is as an inventor that he sets himself down in the membership list of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A century has not dimmed Fulton’s fame, nor set aside his claim to be the practical inventor of the steamboat. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• At last the inventor was firmly established. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• At last, however, there appeared a great inventor--the Edison of his day. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This medal was founded in 1902 by the professional friends and associates of the veteran American ironmaster and metallurgical inventor, in honor of his eightieth birthday. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In his field as inventor and man of science he stands as clear-cut and secure as the lighthouse on a rock, and as indifferent to the tumult around. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The submarine next came into practical view during the American Civil War, when the Confederate government built several such vessels, known usually as Davids from their inventor. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• V ARKWRIGHT AND THE SPINNING-JENNY 1732-1792 All the great English inventors have sprung from families of small means, and have had to work for their living. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Scientists and inventors now had two forms of electrical machines to produce light: the voltaic battery and the magneto-electric apparatus. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In Washington he has made his home, and there scientists of all lands call to pay their respects to the patriarch of American inventors. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• What Wisconsin had was leadership and a people that responded, inventors, and constructive minds. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• For converting the grain into flour, the inventors of the Nineteenth Century have made revolutionary changes. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Among the early noted inventors of incandescent carbon filament lamps were Edison and Maxim of New York, Swan, and Lane-Fox of England. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Bale ties themselves have received great attention from inventors, and the most successful have won fortunes for their owners. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• These inventors conceived and put in practice the great idea of employing the current from an electro-magnetic machine to excite its own electric magnet. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The French contribute the only known features that are credited to foreign inventors. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This country vendor of hair was to become one of the world’s great inventors, and to kneel before his sovereign for the accolade that was to make him knight. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The Problems Solved by Wood-working Inventors. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Here it should be said that the Wrights are as excellent business men as they are inventors, and intend to receive due compensation for their years of work. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The Western Union bestirred itself at this sign of competition, and had shortly formed the American Speaking-Telephone Company, with a staff of inventors that included Edison. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The Jacquard loom was also greatly improved by the English inventors, Barlow, Taylor, Martain and others. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• There is the man, he wants to know what they mean by it, he continually asks the question why, he is the great experimenter among great inventors. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.

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