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Inventions and the Rule of Contraries Explored
A collection of anecdotes on upward and reverse thinking in invention. The piece links loading guns at the muzzle to better sewing with the eye of a needle near its point. It narrates rail flange shifts, steam heating, and later engine designs, plus various oddities from factory practice to daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saletan
England
Watt
Stephenson
Lord Dundonald
Ogun
New York Sun
Detroit
Dearest
Dearnut
Biske
Bree Press