INDEX

Acetylene gas, 16, 89

Action of patent office, 125

Advertising for agents, 167

Advertising campaign, 173

How to start an, 179

Advertising, classified, 169

Displayed, 177

Stereotyped copy, 178

Advertising an inventor’s job, 178

Advertising patent attorneys, 48, 113

Advertising versus publicity, 175

Aeroplane, 43

Inventing, 215

State of the art of, 52

Agent, manufacturer’s, 170

Agents, advertising for, 167

Selling through sales, 171

Agreement, form of an invention, 133

Air brake, invention of the, 205

Alternating current generator, 77

Alloys, some useful, 240

Aluminum, 16, 89

Amending the specification and claims, 118, 125

Ammeter, 83

Appendices, 229

Applying for a patent, 117

Archives of patent office, 126

Arc lamps, 79

Assignment, patent, 134, 217

Atoms and molecules, 61

Attorneys, advertising patent, 48

Automobile, invention of the, 209

Ball bearings, 61

Band saw, 158

Battery, 76

Bell, Alexander, telephone inventor, 206

Bell telephone, 56, 206

Bentley and Knight, trolley line inventors, 211

Berliner, Emile, graphophone inventor, 207

Bessemer, Henry, inventor of cheap steel process, 204

Board of examiners-in-chief, 127

Book,

of account, 140

on electro-chemistry, 90

of mechanical movements, 69

Minute, 141

on modern views of electricity, 75

on Physics, 69

Stock certificate, 141

Stock ledger, 142

Stock transfer, 141

on Chemistry, 88

on Wireless, 82

Bourseul, Charles, telephone inventor, 205

Branca, steam turbine inventor, 209

Brokers who advertise, 136

Brush, dynamo inventor, 46

Buffing machine, 156

Bullock, printing press inventor, 203

Business ability in inventing, 131

Buying machine tools, 150

Calcium carbide, 16, 89

Carborundum, 16, 89

Carré, Ferdinand, ice machine inventor, 204

Capital, how to enlist, 135

Stock, 139

of a stock company, 138

Cardboard models, uses of, 42

Casting in brass and iron, 110

Castings compared with wood, 237

Caveats, 217

Certificate of incorporation, 139

Chemical apparatus, 87

Chemicals and their common names, 249

Chemical compounds, inventing, 14

Chemical elements and their symbols, 248

Chemical equipment for experimenting, 86

Chemical inventions, ideas for, 14

Chemistry, how to experiment, 84

First book on, 7

Inventions in, 59

Circularizing, 169

Claims, amending patent, 118, 125

Patent, 49, 117, 122

Coal tar colors, 89

Collins, A. Frederick, wireless telephone inventor, 215

Commissioner of Patents, 49, 116, 125, 127, 218

Company, see stock company, 138

Conferences of associates, 167

Contracts, about signing, 137

Copyrights, 221

Corporation, outfit needed by, 141

Corporate seal, 142

Corporation, see stock company, 138

Correspondent, 47

Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, 127

Cross-sectional drawings, 21

Current electricity, 74-76

Daft, Leo, trolley line inventor, 211

Davenport, Thomas, electric railway inventor, 211

Davy, safety lamp inventor, 5

Deductive proof, 6

De Laval, steam turbine inventor, 209

Depreciation of machinery, 164

Design patents, 216

Diagrams, how to make electrical, 39

Discoveries, accidental, 4

Discovery of vulcanized rubber, 4

Direct current, 76

Drawing a box, 22

Drawing, free hand, 19

Isometric ellipse, 32

Mechanical, 19

Drawing paper, isometric, 26

How to make isometric, 27

Drawing in perspective, simple way, 26

Drawing a steam engine, 22

Drawing tools needed, 29

Drawings, cross-sectional, 21

Detailed, 21

How to letter them, 36

How to make simple working, 20

How to shade them, 36

Isometric, 122

in perspective, isometric, 20, 25, 26

Rules for patent, 117

Scale, 19-21

Some aids to, 40

Tools for making simple, 19

Working, 19

Drill press, hand, 103

Pillar type, 153

Dynamo electric machine, 45

Dynamo and motor, invention of the, 205

Eastman, Charles, kodak inventor, 131, 208

Edison, 5, 46, 131, 180, 206, 207, 210, 213

Efficiency in manufacture, 147

Electric,

Alternating current, 77

Battery, 88

Bell, 13

Block signal system, 58

Condenser, 75

Current, 76

Direct current, 76

Furnace, 88

Induction, 75

Interrupted direct current, 76

Locomotive, invention of the, 212

Motors, individual, 157

Power, 148

Pulsating direct current, 76

Railway, invention of the, 211

Smelting, 89

Waves, 75

Electrical,

Diagrams, how to make, 39

Equipment for experimenting, 82

Invention ideas, for, 11

Symbols, how to make, 36

Symbols, terms and formulas, 242

Units, 242

Electricity, current, 74

Forms of, 74

How to experiment with, 74

Static, 74-75

Electro-chemical inventions, ideas for, 15

Electro-chemistry, how to experiment with, 88

Inventions in, 59, 89

Electrolysis, 89

Electromagnet, 13, 78

Plunger, 79

Waves, 79

Electro-mechanical devices, 80

Electro-mechanical inventions, ideas for, 13

Electroplating, 88

Electrotyping, 88

Electrolytic repairing of copper, 16, 89

Ellipse, drawing an, 32-34

Employee’s patent agreement, 99

Energy, 59

Energy,

Forms of, 61

of motion, 60

of position, 60

Ether, 75

Energy of, 62

Evidence of conception, 18, 113

Examiner of interferences, 126

Examiner, patent office, 50

Experiment, how to, 58

With machines, how to, 59

Working out ideas by, 7

With electro-chemistry, how to, 88

Experimenting, value of, 7

Experts, technical patent, 128

Faraday, dynamo inventor, 3, 45

Flying machine, helicopter, 94

Follow-up letters, 170

Foreign patents,

Dominion of Canada, Great Britain, 224

France and Colonies, Germany and Colonies, Austria and Hungary, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Russia, Denmark, 225

Norway and Sweden, Switzerland, Portugal and Turkey, 226

Holland, India, Australian Commonwealth, Japan and China, Africa, Central America, West Indies, South America, 226

Fulton, Robert, steamboat inventor, 202

Ford, Henry, greatest automobile manufacturer in the world, 210

Free-hand drawing, 19

Friction, reducing, 236

Work against, 61

Finishing your product, 162

Gas engine, invention of the, 204

Gas furnace, 150

Gears and gearing, 238

Genius versus college professors, 5

Government monopoly, 112, 127

Gramme, dynamo inventor, 205

Graphophone, invention of the, 207

Grinder, 151

Gyro-compass, 13, 18

Gyro-motor for aeroplane, 43

Hall of Fame, New York University, 203

Progress and civilization, 203

Heat, 61

Helicopter, flying machine, 94

Hero, steam turbine inventor, 208

High frequency, Alternators, 78

Currents, 12, 75

Machine, 162

Hiring and firing men, 161

Hoe Brothers, printing press inventors, 203

Howe, Elias, sewing machine inventor, 56, 203

Hydro-electric power, 149

Ice machine, invention of the, 204

Idea,

The big, 181

Factory, 180

First raw, 3, 6

Getting an, 1

How to get an, 1

of an inventive genius, 2

Protecting your, 97

What it is, 2

Where it originates, 3

Ideas,

For chemical inventions, 14

For electrical inventions, 11

For electro-chemical inventions, 15

For electro-mechanical inventions, 13

For inventions in general, 9

Kinds of, 3

For mechanical inventions, 9

Protecting raw ideas, 16

Thought out, 6

Working out on paper, 19

Incandescent light, invention of the, 210

Inclined plane, 63

Index of the patent office, 53

Individual electric motors, 157

Induction coil, 76

Inductive discovery, 3

Infra-red waves, 75, 79

Infringement suit, 18

Infringers of patents, 127

Initial funds, how to raise, 132

Interferences, 126

Interruptor, 76

Improvements needed, 181

Iron ore, reduction of, 90

Invent,

What to, 180

What not to, 197

Inventing,

Chemical compounds, 14

Secret of, 180

As a vocation, 131

Invention,

Agreement, form of an, 133

Guardian angel of, 7

Heroes of, 200

How to patent your, 112

Keeping an interest in, 133

Manufacturing an, 146

Pay, making your, 131

Protecting your, 97, 119

Record of your, 18

Of the sewing machine, 56

Of the wardrobe trunk, 4

What it consists of, 118

Inventions,

In chemistry, 59

In electro-chemistry, 59, 89

In general, ideas for, 9

Great, and what they paid, 203

That have paid big, little, 201

Ideas for chemical, 14

Ideas for electrical, 11

Ideas for electro-chemical, 15

Ideas for electro-mechanical, 13

Ideas for mechanical, 9

Some big, needed,

Safety first, automobiles, 187

Aviation, 188

Chemistry, 190

Electricity, 191

Electro-chemistry, 192

Building, mining and metallurgy, 193

Printing, moving pictures, 195

Other field of endeavor, 196

Needed,

For the farm, some little, 183

For fun, 185

For the house, 182

For the office, 184

For the person, 182

Protection against theft, 100

Real, and what they paid, 202

Selling small, 167

Simple, and what they paid, 202

What some have paid, 200

Inventive ability, 131

Inventive world, tour of, 200

Inventors, 5

Self-taught, 5

Inventor’s salary contract, 144

Isometric,

Drawing paper, 26

Ellipse, how to draw, 32

Paper, how to make, 27

Perspective drawings, 20, 26, 122

Jig saw, 157

Kinetograph, invention of the, 213

Kinetoscope, invention of the, 213

Kodak camera, invention of the, 208

Lathe, engine, 152

Foot power, screw cutting, 103

Plain, 151

Screw cutting, power, 152

Lawyer, retaining a, 144

Lever, 63

Bent, 64

Compound, 64-65

Leyden jar, 75

Light waves, 75

Light, 79

Linotype, invention of the, 212

Lists of consumers, where to buy, 169

Locomotive, invention of the, 202

Lodge, Sir Oliver, 181

Machine design, 58

Machine screws and nuts, sizes of, 235

Machine tools, buying, 150

Machines, commercial uses of, 62

Compound, 69

How to experiment with, 59

Principles of, 62

Magnet, electro-, 78

Permanent steel, 78

Magnetism, 74, 78

Magneto-electric machine, 76

Mail order business, 168

Marconi, William, wireless telegraph inventor, 6, 214

Manikin for drawing, 40

Marketing your product, 166

Mathematical formulas, some useful, 231

Manual of classification, patent office, 57

Manufacture, problem of, 146

Manufactured product, finished, 162

Manufacturer’s agent, 170

Manufactory, locating a, 149

Starting your own, 148

Manufacturing your invention, 146

Material, buying the raw, 159

Materials, automatic machine made, 107, 159

Buying, 108

Raw, 149

Mechanics, principles of, 58

Mechanical,

Drawings, 19

Inventions, ideas for, 9

Movements, 58, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73

Powers, 59, 63

Mergenthaler, Ottmar, 212

Micrometer, 103

How to read a, 105

Metric,

Changed to English measure, 234

or decimal system, 232

Measures of length, 233

Measures of weight, 233

Milling machine, universal, 156

Minute book, 140

Model,

of a British express locomotive, 95

Building a, 96

How to make, 91

Makers, 97

Ways to make, 97

Models,

How to make cardboard, 42

in Patent Office, 91

Rough, 91-92

Scale, 91-92, 95

Working, 91-92

Molecules and atoms, 61

Monopoly, Government, 112, 127

Morse, Samuel F. B., telegraph inventor, 203

Moving pictures, invention of the, 212

Muybridge, Eadweard, 213

Nitric acid of the air, 16, 89

Oath, patent, 120

Form of, 124

Official Gazette of the Patent Office, 53, 218

Ohm’s Law, 243

Organizing a shop force, 160

Oscillating current, 78

Otto, N. A., gas engine inventor, 204

Overhead charges, 164

How to figure, 165

Oxy-Hydrogen furnace, 85

Ozone of the air, 89

Page, C. T., electric railway inventor, 211

Parsons, steam turbine inventor, 209

Partner, how to secure, 135-136

Partnership, forming a, 135

Patent,

About an interest in a, 134

Agreement, Employee’s, 99

Amending claims, 125

Application, 116

Application, filing fee for, 114

Applying for a, 117

Applying for your own, 115

Assignment, 134

Causes, 128

Claims, 49, 117, 120, 122

Claims, Amending, 117

Claims, narrow, 113

Copy of a, 125

Counsel, 128

Design, 216

Drawings, 120, 122

Drawings, rules for, 117

Final Government fee for, 114

Getting a, 51

is granted, after your, 127

is granted, when your, 127

Interferences, 55, 126

that pended for seven years, 126

is pending, while your, 125

Petition, 120

Specifications, 49, 53, 117, 120, 122

Suits, 128

System bubbles, 115

What it consists of, 112, 120

What you may, 118

Patentee, 127

Patenting your invention, 112

Patent attorneys,

Catching your, 115

Flat-rate fee for, 114

Judgment of, 118

Retaining a, 47

Temptation of, 115

Patent attorneys, 54, 126, 127

Advertising, 48, 113

Choosing a, 112

High-grade, 114

Least charges of, 224

Watching, 117

Patent examiner, 50, 91, 114, 115

Versus inventors discontent, 126

and sewing machine needle, 56

Sub-cellar, 51

Methods, 125

Patent experts, technical, 128

Patent oath, 120, 124

Patent office,

Action, 125

Archives, 126

Citing references, 117

Citations, 125

Fees, 217

Index, 53

Manual of classification, 57

Official Gazette, 53

Red tape, 126

Rejection of claims, 117

Rules of practice of, 116

Patent office search, a desk, 48

a free, 48

a special, 48

Preliminary, 49

Patents,

Foreign, 224

See foreign patents

Paper, 130

Number granted each year, 118

Patterns, complicated, 110

Making, 108

Perpetual motion, 62, 77, 199

Perspective drawings, 25

Isometric, 20, 26

Perspective, simple way to draw in, 26

Petition, patent, 120

Philosophy, 3, 6

Phonograph, invention of the, 207

Physics, first book on, 7

Planer, 154

Planté, Gaston, storage battery inventor, 208

Power, 59, 65

Protractor, how to use it, 31

Protecting raw ideas, 16

Preliminary search, 47

Printing press, perfecting, invention of the, 203

Priority, 16

Profits, how to figure, 165

Promoter, ordinary, 137

Professional, 100

Real, 137

Tin-horn, 137

Where he comes in, 136

Pseudotriakis microdon, 113

Publicity, how to get it, 175

Pulley, 63

Radiation, 74, 79

Reading helps, 6

References, Patent Office citing, 117

Register of copyrights, 221

Reis, Johanne Phillip, telephone inventor, 205

Resistance bridge, 83

Rights, selling invention, 135

Ro, a universal language, 50

Roosevelt, 115

Royalties on inventions, 135

Rubber, discovery of, 4

Rules of practice, 120, 135, 218

Saving the watchword, 194

Scale drawings, 19, 21

Screw, 63

Theory of the, 68

Seal, corporate, 142

Seal Press, 142

Search, a desk patent office, 48

Free patent, 48, 113

Preliminary Patent Office, 49

Special Patent Office, 49

Selden, George B., daddy of the automobile, 209

Selling direct to the consumer, 172

Selling goods, basic principles of, 166

Selling through sales agents, 171

Selling the stock issue of a company, 147

Selling through the trade, 174

Sewing machine, invention of the, 203

Sewing machine needle, 56

Shaper, 155

Shop force, organizing a, 160

Shop foreman, hiring a, 160

Shop rights, selling, 135

Shop, starting your own, 148

Shrinkage of castings, 111

Siemens, dynamo inventor, 204

Snap-shot camera, invention of the, 208

Solders, hard, 241

Solenoid, 13, 79

Spark-coil, 76

Specifications, patent, 53

Starr, J. W., incandescent lamp inventor, 210

Standardizing your product, 159

Static electricity, 74-75

Specification, amending the, 118

Patent, 49, 117

State of the art, 45

Having a patent attorney look it up, 47

How to learn the, 46

How to look it up, 47, 51

Use of the, 46

What it means, 45

Steam boat, invention of the, 202

Steam engine, drawing of a, 22

Invention of the, 202

Steam turbine, invention of the, 208

Steel, high speed, 244

Steel process, invention of the, 204

Stephenson, locomotive inventor, 202

Stock certificate, 141

Stock certificate book, 141

Stock company, fees for incorporating, 140

How it is operated, 142

How to organize a, 139

Stock ledger, 142

Stock full paid, 143

Stock room, 161

Stock of a company, selling the, 144

Stock transfer book, 11

Stock, treasury, 143

Stock company, what it is, 138

Storage battery, invention of the, 208

Supreme Court, U. S., 112

Symbols, how to make electrical, 36

Synthetic gems, 85

Taps and dies, sizes of, 235

Telautograph, 13, 17

Telegraph, invention of the, 203

Telegraph sounder, 13

Telephone, Bell, 56

Invention of the, 205

Telephone transmitter, 76

Territorial rights, 135

Tesla, dynamo inventor, 46

Thermometer scales, four chief, 251

Things are money, 201

Thompson, dynamo inventor, 46

Thoughts are things, 201

Thurber, Charles, typewriter inventor, 207

Time stamp, Thompson, 161

Tools, useful jewelers and machinists, 101

Tour of the inventive world, 200

Trade marks, 220

Transfer tax law, 141

Treasury stocks, 143

Trolley car and line invention of the, 211

Twining, ice machine inventor, 204

Twist drills, sizes of, 235

Typewriter, invention of the, 207

Ultra violet waves, 75, 79

United States patent, 127

United States Patent Office, 47, 135

United States Supreme Court, 112

Unit of work, 60

Universal milling machine, 156

Van Depoele, C. J., trolley line inventor, 211

Velocity, 60

Vernier, 103

Vernier, how to read a, 103

Violet ray machine, 162

Vibrator, 76

Voltmeter, 83

Watt, James, steam engine inventor, 202

Wedge, 63

What not to invent, 197

Wheatstone, Charles, telephone inventor, 206

Wheel and axle, 63

Weston, dynamo inventor, 46

Westinghouse, air brake inventor, 131, 205

Wilde, dynamo inventor, 204

Winding machine, 83

Wire

Gage, how to use a, 106

Number, length, weight and resistance of pure copper, 244, 245

Prices of insulated magnet, 247

Number of turns that can be wound in a given space, 246

Wiring diagrams, how to make, 39

Wireless telegraph, invention of the, 214

Wireless telephone, 12

Wireless telephone, invention of the, 215

Wireless waves, 75

Words and terms used in this book, 253

Work, 59

Energy and power, 60

Farming it out, 147

Unit of, 60

Working drawings, 19

Wright brothers, aeroplane inventors, 215