Millions in Gadgets (Feb, 1935)


By Hugo Gernsback
THE American people spend more than $100,000,000 a year, in amounts from 5c up, on gadgets manufactured in this country—not counting the huge importations from abroad. Here is a field of invention, and unlimited new business possibilities, always open to the ingenious.
YOU will not find the word "gadget" in many dictionaries; perhaps for the reason that most dictionary compilers consider the word to be slang. Yet, the word "gadget" is well known to everyone, and is used in everyday language in connection with some article that has a practical use and, usually, can be bought at a low price.