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My IDEA Paid Me a Million as told by TEN FAMOUS INVENTORS

Money and fame await the man who invents some new device which the world needs. These inspiring personal stories of great inventions give a fascinating glimpse into the successes which have come to men who have patiently developed an idea.

These Ten Inventions Are Making Millions for Their Owners: 1. Westinghouse automatic iron, invented by J. A. Spencer, former night watchman; 2. Disk record talking machine, of Emile Berliner, dry goods clerk; 3. Motion picture projector, developed by C. Francis Jenkins, stenographer; 4. Hoover vacuum cleaner, invented by Murray Spangler, janitor; 5. The outboard motor of Ole Evinrude, former handy man; 6. Rayon, the artificial silk, developed by scores of research experts; 7. Rice Flakes breakfast food, the idea of Howard Heinz, corporation president; 8. Pyrex glass baking dish, perfected by the Corning Glass Works; 9. Kodacolor colored movies, worked out by John G. Capstaff, former ship-building engineer; 10. Stenotype shorthand machine, the idea of Ward S. Ireland, stenographer.
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I really like these General Dynamics ads from the 50′s. They have this weird abstract brutalism.

Exploring the Universe: The 4th State of Matter….

Earth is composed of three states of matter, liquid, solid, gaseous. Yet most of the universe exists as the fourth state of matter, the plasma state. The bright suns and stars are plasmas — roving, unattached, electrified particles of matter that fuse into new particles on collision, releasing enormous energy. Read the rest of this entry »

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“Airwheel” Flies by its Revolution

MANY attempts have been made, both before and after the invention of the airplane, to develop a craft which should really fly. The ornithopter, or bird-wing craft, has not been successful in its motion, any more than mechanical devices which simulate walking. The bird, like the man, has a great many controls in its muscular equipment, which are difficult to imitate in a machine. However, during the past few years, the idea of a revolving wing has been attracting more and more inventive effort. Read the rest of this entry »

IF YOU CAN’T PARK IT CARRY IT!

THIS very small car may qualify better, to some minds, as a scooter with a body, or perhaps as a deficient power mower. You steer it with a handlebar and you start it by pulling a cord. “It roars into life with a pull of a cord,” is the way our London informant puts it—and from now on we greet anything he tells us with hurt distrust. It’s called the Brutsch Mopetta, it has three wheels, costs $560 and has a top speed of 21 mph. Its obvious role is in home-to-station and city driving.

It’s interesting that he defines “Coming out” as essentially discovering that one is gay instead of becoming public about it. I guess that this makes sense since being publicly gay in the 60′s wasn’t really an option.

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THE LANGUAGE OF THE Homosexual

Homosexual slang, says this expert, is becoming an important part of our language and literature.

by Donald Webster Cory

America is a mixture of many types of speech reflecting the cultures and backgrounds of its teeming millions. One type that is widely used, though not given recognition, serves a very important function in the lives of many people. This is the language of the homosexual.

There are 2 ways in which homosexual slang is used. The first is when it is employed by the outsider or “straight” individual to describe or refer to homosexuals ar.d their activities. In this way the slang mirrors society’s disapproval and permits a person to talk of homosexuals without incurring any guilt by association.
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When was the last time you saw an ad for ice? Not an ice machine, or an ice cold beverage, just ice.

What Three-letter Word Chills Beverages Without Killing the Taste?

ICE

If you’ve ever been served a beverage filled with cloudy, fast-melting ice cubes and tasting faintly of yesterday’s broccoli, you know why really smart hosts and hostesses use nothing but genuine ice.

For genuine ice—the kind made only by your Ice Company—is not only hard-frozen and crystal-clear but as completely taste-free as the purest water. It is inexpensive to buy—convenient and wonderful to use. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m pretty sure that if these existed, we’d have seen them by now.

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TOEHOLD IN SPACE

Tiny moonlets, encircling our earth, might be used as jumping-off points for space travel.

By Stanley Carson

HOW many moons has the earth? If your answer is one, you may be wrong! Astronomers believe that there actually are one or several small satellites orbiting with tremendous speed between the earth and the moon.

If the predictions of our astronomers are correct, and there are a number of small moons circling the earth at short distances, then space travel may become a reality many more years sooner than is anticipated. For the moonlets which our government is now searching for can be used as ready-made stations in space. Read the rest of this entry »

That family sure is white! Also, I don’t care how many “convenient steps” are on the tail-gate, I still can’t seem grandma climbing into the back seat.

Room for the whole darn tribe!

There’s heap plenty room in a new De Soto wagon—room for a tribe or a tepee! And look how much more De Soto gives you for your wampum!

NEW LOOK! De Soto wagons are styled sleek and low for the country club . . . they’re built rugged for the ranch!

NEW ENGINE! De Soto’s new Turboflash V-8 engine is the first in a new breed of power plants! This giant is powerful, quiet and thrifty, even on short trips around town. Read the rest of this entry »

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We Do Not See Alike!

The sense of sight is inborn; but the use of eyes, like that of hands, is acquired, and the expertness gained by different people varies greatly. Here are some tests of sight.

WE are born with a sense of sight, but we must learn to use it; and there is quite a difference in the way different people interpret the things they see. The first example is the familiar one of the full moon. It seems to cover a fixed angle, which is the same for all observers—at the same time and place, at least. Yet one will tell you the moon looks an inch across; another that it looks a foot across. Read the rest of this entry »

Are you in the know?

More women choose KOTEX* than all other sanitary napkins

Just met—what’s your chatter cue?
__Take over __Proceed with caution
Maybe you point out another newcomer, and coo: “What a creep! Hope he doesn’t cut in!” He won’t. Neither will the lad you’re talking to—who happens to be the creep’s brother! Lesson: be kind, or be quiet! You can be confident (at calendar time), with Kotex. Those flat pressed ends prevent outlines. And here’s an added worry-saver: Kotex can be worn on either side! Read the rest of this entry »

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Mechanics of Killing

From the first torture rack to the latest gas chamber, science has transformed the criminal’s execution from a human butchery into a skilled profession.

BY Lester David

WHEN the world was younger, the law’s method of exacting an eye for an eye and a life for a life was crude. Today the mechanics of executions have been made both deadly and scientific.

Not so always! In ancient Rome a condemned man, clad only in a loin cloth, was shoved by his executioner into a large sack. Into the sack also was placed a dog, a rooster and a poisonous snake. The writhing bundle was hurled into a swamp, and the execution had been carried out. Read the rest of this entry »

Hands Free With Signal Lantern

J. L. LORBESKI of Minneapolis has recently invented a railway signal lantern which leaves the brake-man’s hands free while switching for unloading freight, coupling air hose, climbing on cars, and other duties. The wire lamp guard is twisted into a loop through which the user may slip his wrist, holding the lantern firmly in any position of the arm.