Inventing for Boys

~Design Patents.--~Should you invent, or devise a new and original design for an object, be it a work of art, a fabric, a piece of jewelry or even a machine, you can obtain a de...

But, as good fortune would have it if you are not mechanically inclined you are not apt to hit upon a mechanical invention. And if you know nothing of electricity, you are not l...

With your model in such shape that it shows what your invention is and what it will do you are ready to apply for a _patent_, or _letters patent_ as it is technically called, by...

But if you can make a simple _working drawing_ of your device, that is a picture in which all of the parts are drawn in proportion, or to _scale_ as it is called, the whole thin...

At the end of the chapter on drawing I explained how you could make models of mechanical movements of cardboard. And you will remember that the purpose of these simple models is...

After you have formed a partnership or a company and have the coveted capital to go ahead with the business, you and your associates must consider two problems and the way you w...

One of the most alluring and sky-blue delights, next to working out a big idea of your own, is to read about the fortunes that other inventors have piled up by the simple use of...

After reading what has gone before you may well conclude that an inventor’s life is not a happy one but let me remind you that whatever road you take to seek fame and to win for...

Taking it for granted, now, that you have drawn out your invention on paper and have made cardboard models of the more difficult parts so that you can see about what your device...

To get an original idea for an invention is in itself a mark of genius, but it is not enough to make it a success and if you do not know how to develop it you are almost certain...

All through this book I have done my best to nickelplate you in the bath of my own experience and I believe I have made everything clear unless it is just how to get the big idea.

Long before you get your shop into running condition and you are able to fill orders, you and your associates will have talked over the best way that should be adopted to put yo...

the attention of the reader immediately he turns to the page where it is displayed. The rest of the ad must then be catchy enough to induce him, or her, who sees it to read it,...