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Inventiveness Archimedes (287–212 B. C.) invented military engine which saved Syracuse. [Gk. Hist.: Hall, 31] (1847–1922) inventor of telephone (1876). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 46] made mechanical devices in the sixth century. [Am. Lit.: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court] invented fishermen’s nets. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 79] (1847–1931) inventor of many electrical devices. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 157] inventor of chariots. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 91] (1706–1790) gave us lightning rod, bifocals, efficient stove, etc. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 836] (1883–1970) designed elaborate contraptions to effect simple results. [Am. Hist.: Espy, 111] designs trousers with built-in air-cushion seat. [Br. Lit.: Aldous Huxley Antic Hay in Benét, 39] (1452–1519) created prototypes for parachutes, submarines, tanks, helicopters. [Ital. Hist.: Plum, 185–200] invents and builds successful machines for farm and mine operators. [Am. Lit.: Anderson Poor White in Magill I, 762] |
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Furthermore, the inventiveness of David is beyond that of Porthos, who cannot play by himself, and knows not even how to take a solitary walk, while David invents playfully all day long. This amused him sometimes a little, and made him endure the siege with patience; but it did not prevent his getting very tired, or from talking at every moment of returning to Paris--so that if the messengers and the spies had failed, his Eminence, notwithstanding all his inventiveness, would have found himself much embarrassed. Line by line he read on, and still the ready inventiveness which had never deserted him yet failed to answer the call made on it now. |
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