Inventing for Boys - A. Frederick Collins

Gas engine, invention of the, [204]
Gas furnace, [150]
Gears and gearing, [238]
Genius versus college professors, [5]
Government monopoly, [112], [127]
Gramme, dynamo inventor, [205]
Graphophone, invention of the, [207]
Grinder, [151]
Gyro-compass, [13], [18]
Gyro-motor for aeroplane, [43]

Hall of Fame, New York University, [203]
Progress and civilization, [203]
Heat, [61]
Helicopter, flying machine, [94]
Hero, steam turbine inventor, [208]
High frequency, Alternators, [78]
Currents, [12], [75]
Machine, [162]
Hiring and firing men, [161]
Hoe Brothers, printing press inventors, [203]
Howe, Elias, sewing machine inventor, [56], [203]
Hydro-electric power, [149]

Ice machine, invention of the, [204]
Idea,
The big, [181]
Factory, [180]
First raw, [3], [6]
Getting an, [1]
How to get an, [1]
of an inventive genius, [2]
Protecting your, [97]
What it is, [2]
Where it originates, [3]
Ideas,
For chemical inventions, [14]
For electrical inventions, [11]
For electro-chemical inventions, [15]
For electro-mechanical inventions, [13]
For inventions in general, [9]
Kinds of, [3]
For mechanical inventions, [9]
Protecting raw ideas, [16]
Thought out, [6]
Working out on paper, [19]
Incandescent light, invention of the, [210]
Inclined plane, [63]
Index of the patent office, [53]
Individual electric motors, [157]
Induction coil, [76]
Inductive discovery, [3]
Infra-red waves, [75], [79]
Infringement suit, [18]
Infringers of patents, [127]
Initial funds, how to raise, [132]
Interferences, [126]
Interruptor, [76]
Improvements needed, [181]
Iron ore, reduction of, [90]
Invent,
What to, [180]
What not to, [197]
Inventing,
Chemical compounds, [14]
Secret of, [180]
As a vocation, [131]
Invention,
Agreement, form of an, [133]
Guardian angel of, [7]
Heroes of, [200]
How to patent your, [112]
Keeping an interest in, [133]
Manufacturing an, [146]
Pay, making your, [131]
Protecting your, [97], [119]
Record of your, [18]
Of the sewing machine, [56]
Of the wardrobe trunk, [4]
What it consists of, [118]
Inventions,
In chemistry, [59]
In electro-chemistry, [59], [89]
In general, ideas for, [9]
Great, and what they paid, [203]
That have paid big, little, [201]
Ideas for chemical, [14]
Ideas for electrical, [11]
Ideas for electro-chemical, [15]
Ideas for electro-mechanical, [13]
Ideas for mechanical, [9]
Some big, needed,
Safety first, automobiles, [187]
Aviation, [188]
Chemistry, [190]
Electricity, [191]
Electro-chemistry, [192]
Building, mining and metallurgy, [193]
Printing, moving pictures, [195]
Other field of endeavor, [196]
Needed,
For the farm, some little, [183]
For fun, [185]
For the house, [182]
For the office, [184]
For the person, [182]
Protection against theft, [100]
Real, and what they paid, [202]
Selling small, [167]
Simple, and what they paid, [202]
What some have paid, [200]
Inventive ability, [131]
Inventive world, tour of, [200]
Inventors, [5]
Self-taught, [5]
Inventor’s salary contract, [144]
Isometric,
Drawing paper, [26]
Ellipse, how to draw, [32]
Paper, how to make, [27]
Perspective drawings, [20], [26], [122]

Jig saw, [157]

Kinetograph, invention of the, [213]
Kinetoscope, invention of the, [213]
Kodak camera, invention of the, [208]

Lathe, engine, [152]
Foot power, screw cutting, [103]
Plain, [151]
Screw cutting, power, [152]
Lawyer, retaining a, [144]
Lever, [63]
Bent, [64]
Compound, [64-65]
Leyden jar, [75]
Light waves, [75]
Light, [79]
Linotype, invention of the, [212]
Lists of consumers, where to buy, [169]
Locomotive, invention of the, [202]
Lodge, Sir Oliver, [181]

Machine design, [58]
Machine screws and nuts, sizes of, [235]
Machine tools, buying, [150]
Machines, commercial uses of, [62]
Compound, [69]
How to experiment with, [59]
Principles of, [62]
Magnet, electro-, [78]
Permanent steel, [78]
Magnetism, [74], [78]
Magneto-electric machine, [76]
Mail order business, [168]
Marconi, William, wireless telegraph inventor, [6], [214]
Manikin for drawing, [40]
Marketing your product, [166]
Mathematical formulas, some useful, [231]
Manual of classification, patent office, [57]
Manufacture, problem of, [146]
Manufactured product, finished, [162]
Manufacturer’s agent, [170]
Manufactory, locating a, [149]
Starting your own, [148]
Manufacturing your invention, [146]
Material, buying the raw, [159]
Materials, automatic machine made, [107], [159]
Buying, [108]
Raw, [149]
Mechanics, principles of, [58]
Mechanical,
Drawings, [19]
Inventions, ideas for, [9]
Movements, [58], [69], [70], [71], [72], [73]
Powers, [59], [63]
Mergenthaler, Ottmar, [212]
Micrometer, [103]
How to read a, [105]
Metric,
Changed to English measure, [234]
or decimal system, [232]
Measures of length, [233]
Measures of weight, [233]
Milling machine, universal, [156]
Minute book, [140]
Model,
of a British express locomotive, [95]
Building a, [96]
How to make, [91]
Makers, [97]
Ways to make, [97]
Models,
How to make cardboard, [42]
in Patent Office, [91]
Rough, [91-92]
Scale, [91-92], [95]
Working, [91-92]
Molecules and atoms, [61]
Monopoly, Government, [112], [127]
Morse, Samuel F. B., telegraph inventor, [203]
Moving pictures, invention of the, [212]
Muybridge, Eadweard, [213]

Nitric acid of the air, [16], [89]

Oath, patent, [120]
Form of, [124]
Official Gazette of the Patent Office, [53], [218]
Ohm’s Law, [243]
Organizing a shop force, [160]
Oscillating current, [78]
Otto, N. A., gas engine inventor, [204]
Overhead charges, [164]
How to figure, [165]
Oxy-Hydrogen furnace, [85]
Ozone of the air, [89]

Page, C. T., electric railway inventor, [211]
Parsons, steam turbine inventor, [209]
Partner, how to secure, [135-136]
Partnership, forming a, [135]
Patent,
About an interest in a, [134]
Agreement, Employee’s, [99]
Amending claims, [125]
Application, [116]
Application, filing fee for, [114]
Applying for a, [117]
Applying for your own, [115]
Assignment, [134]
Causes, [128]
Claims, [49], [117], [120], [122]
Claims, Amending, [117]
Claims, narrow, [113]
Copy of a, [125]
Counsel, [128]
Design, [216]
Drawings, [120], [122]
Drawings, rules for, [117]
Final Government fee for, [114]
Getting a, [51]
is granted, after your, [127]
is granted, when your, [127]
Interferences, [55], [126]
that pended for seven years, [126]
is pending, while your, [125]
Petition, [120]
Specifications, [49], [53], [117], [120], [122]
Suits, [128]
System bubbles, [115]
What it consists of, [112], [120]
What you may, [118]
Patentee, [127]
Patenting your invention, [112]
Patent attorneys,
Catching your, [115]
Flat-rate fee for, [114]
Judgment of, [118]
Retaining a, [47]
Temptation of, [115]
Patent attorneys, [54], [126], [127]
Advertising, [48], [113]
Choosing a, [112]
High-grade, [114]
Least charges of, [224]
Watching, [117]
Patent examiner, [50], [91], [114], [115]
Versus inventors discontent, [126]
and sewing machine needle, [56]
Sub-cellar, [51]
Methods, [125]
Patent experts, technical, [128]
Patent oath, [120], [124]
Patent office,
Action, [125]
Archives, [126]
Citing references, [117]
Citations, [125]
Fees, [217]
Index, [53]
Manual of classification, [57]
Official Gazette, [53]
Red tape, [126]
Rejection of claims, [117]
Rules of practice of, [116]
Patent office search, a desk, [48]
a free, [48]
a special, [48]
Preliminary, [49]
Patents,
Foreign, [224]
See [foreign patents]
Paper, [130]
Number granted each year, [118]
Patterns, complicated, [110]
Making, [108]
Perpetual motion, [62], [77], [199]
Perspective drawings, [25]
Isometric, [20], [26]
Perspective, simple way to draw in, [26]
Petition, patent, [120]
Philosophy, [3], [6]
Phonograph, invention of the, [207]
Physics, first book on, [7]
Planer, [154]
Planté, Gaston, storage battery inventor, [208]
Power, [59], [65]
Protractor, how to use it, [31]
Protecting raw ideas, [16]
Preliminary search, [47]
Printing press, perfecting, invention of the, [203]
Priority, [16]
Profits, how to figure, [165]
Promoter, ordinary, [137]
Professional, [100]
Real, [137]
Tin-horn, [137]
Where he comes in, [136]
Pseudotriakis microdon, [113]
Publicity, how to get it, [175]
Pulley, [63]