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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 132

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h is now thirteen years old, but hewas only twelve when his invention was made.He happened to see a prize offered for such adevice, and at once set his wits to work totry to win it. While he did not finish it intime to enter the competition which inspired it, he has since won with it a prize of a… … © Dnderwood & UnderwoodTHE YOUNG INVENTOR AND HIS BROTHER USINGTHE RECEIVING APPARATUS ON A WINTER HIKE the size of a match-box. I do not claim it tobe the smallest, although I do claim it is themost compact wireless set, so far invented, inthe world. The human hand can be made nosmaller than…

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