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Certain possible inventions of which he had cogitated
when reclining in a state of supine repletion to aid diges-
tion, stimulated by his appreciation of the importance of
inventions now common but once revolutionary, for exam-
ple, the aeronautic parachute, the reflecting telescope, the
spiral corkscrew, the safety pin, the mineral water siphon,
the canal lock with winch and sluice, the suction pump.
Were these inventions principally intended for an im-
proved scheme of kindergarten?
Yes, rendering obsolete popguns, elastic airbladders,
games of hazard, catapults. They comprised astronomical
kaleidoscopes exhibiting the twelve constellations of the
zodiac from Aries to Pisces, miniature mechanical orreries,
arithmetical gelatine lozenges, geometrical to correspond
with zoological biscuits, globemap playing balls, historical-
ly costumed dolls.
What also stimulated him in his cogitations?
The financial success achieved by Ephraim Marks and
Charles A. James, the former by his 1d bazaar at 42 George’s
street, south, the latter at his 6 1/2d shop and world’s fancy
fair and waxwork exhibition at 30 Henry street, admission
2d, children 1d: and the infinite possibilities hitherto un-
exploited of the modern art of advertisement if condensed
in triliteral monoideal symbols, vertically of maximum
visibility (divined), horizontally of maximum legibility (de-
ciphered) and of magnetising efficacy to arrest involuntary
attention, to interest, to convince, to decide.
Such as?
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