Word: invention
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Ford and Citroen have made marvelous machines at very reasonable prices,'' said a Ministry of Agriculture statistician, "but until they invent a traction engine that can be eaten when it is past its usefulness, our good peasants will stick to their horses...
Miss Keller, regretting her useless ears more than her useless eyes, informed Thomas Edison (himself deaf): "If I were a great inventor like you, Mr. Edison, I would invent an instrument that would enable every deaf person to hear." "Oh you would, would you?" said he. "Well. I think it would be a waste of time. People say so little that is worth listening...
...Denishawn Dancers. The rest were dancing masters and mistresses from all over the country who form the American Society of Teachers of Dancing. For 51 years members of the Society have convened annually, usually in Manhattan, to sit in judgment on the dance, to review old dances, see and invent new ones...
Mima. Exciting, spectacular drama. Hell's smart rulers, to destroy the good in man, invent a sin-mill. Through it goes Janos, model man. At the last moment the one good act he does makes the machine explode. The act: forgiveness of the charming sin-woman, Mima (in the U. S., Lenore Ulric). Says Molnar: "The machine itself is nothing more than a visible combination of our machine world and the psychological grind...
Captain Richards, a veteran of the World War, and a noted journalist, told how he came to invent the Robot. "What really caused its invention," he said, "was the need of an important person, to take the place of the Duke of York, in opening the Exhibition of the Society of Model Engineers, in London. Since I was secretary of the organization, I decided to make a Robot who could open the exhibition. After many disappointments, it was perfected and amid much excitement, the mechanical man made his debut...