George Ade, the "funny man," is independent financially from the royalties paid him on his copyrights.
The story of the De Long Hook and Eye Company is the history of an infinitesimal start with an enormous present size.
Sir Henry Bessemer is said to have been paid $10,000,000 in royalties on his steel process.
Emerson, a Baltimore druggist, made a number of fortunes from his invention of Bromo-Seltzer. Likewise Mennen, of talcum powder fame, whose face and name are known all over the world.
Landis, a Franklin county (Pa.) man, sold his "Straw Stacker" patents, it is said, for $50,000 cash,—practically all profit.