Bright Ideas: A Record of Invention and Misinvention

BRIGHT IDEAS
A RECORD OF INVENTION AND MISINVENTION
HERBERT STRANG
ILLUSTRATED BY C. E. BROCK
HUMPHREY MILFORD OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON, EDINBURGH, GLASGOW TORONTO, MELBOURNE, CAPE TOWN, BOMBAY 1920
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FRONTISPIECE IN COLOUR
THE SMOKE MACHINE
Bob Templeton tucked a leg under him on the parapet of the bridge on which he was sitting, and with a look of gloomy disgust spread a number of coins, the contents of his trouser pocket, on the weather-beaten stone.
Eleven and ninepence, he said, dolefully. That's all.
Tom Eves, who had been leaning his elbows on the bridge, and watching the roach darting among the weeds in the clear running stream below, straightened himself, smiled, and, diving a hand into his pocket, gave a comical glance at the coins it returned with, and said: