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Scientific American, Vol. 86, No. 14 (April 1902) (1902)

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llacious. Genius for invention ismerely the capacity for concentration and for work.Given these qualities, and a power of close observa-tion, and you have the make-up of a successful inven-tor. He need be no learned scientist, and yet he maybe able to work up most valuable inventions in… … f&»M •;:* V^~ /Jc/.X/T*/ LAWN SPRINKLER. the field in which they lie. Many of our most impor-tant inventions are the result not so much of deep-knowledge as of the power of observation and theability to appreciate the possibilities of phenomenathat the less observing would pass by without…

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