. Scientific American Volume 86 Number 14 (April 1902) . ay is the establishment of an institution for the assistance of inventors. If a model shop could be-established on a self-endowed basis, the writer believesthat men of science could easily be prevailed upon toact as governors and pass upon the inventions sub-mitted to them. Just how great the scope of such anInstitution would be, could be determined only by expe-rience. It goes without saying that, by helping tfte1 . 1-ventor, science in almost every branch would be r~n-idly advanced. The Qualities an Inventor Uluft Possess. There is no
. Scientific American Volume 86 Number 14 (April 1902) . ay is the establishment of an institution for the assistance of inventors. If a model shop could be-established on a self-endowed basis, the writer believesthat men of science could easily be prevailed upon toact as governors and pass upon the inventions sub-mitted to them. Just how great the scope of such anInstitution would be, could be determined only by expe-rience. It goes without saying that, by helping tfte1 . 1-ventor, science in almost every branch would be r~n-idly advanced. The Qualities an Inventor Uluft Possess. There is no pursuit more fascinating than that of aninventor, writes Emil Berliner in the Saturday EveningPost. The inventor is privileged to dip into everycalling. If he has the right sort of mind, it is not atall essential that he understand everything connectedwith the art with which he desires to make himselffamiliar. He need only take that particular cornerwherein the problem that he is after lies, and work itthoroughly. But thorough the work must be. He must. SWORD-PISTOL. have more than the patience of Job, more than the-perseverance of the beaver, more than the industry ofthe bee. He must work hard, and be content to workfor months at a time without making any apparentprogress. He must be content to travel over the samefield again and again and again, indefatigably. That isthe secret of the inventors success—never-ending ap-plication. The idea that an inventor is necessarily agenius is entirely fallacious. Genius for invention ismerely the capacity for concentration and for 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 manysciences. He need be no perfectly trained electrician,and yet he may be able to work up a valuable electricalappliance. But always he must be prepared to take-advantage of new phenomena, and to know a
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