BRIGHT IDEAS
A RECORD OF INVENTION
AND MISINVENTION
BY
HERBERT STRANG
ILLUSTRATED BY C. E. BROCK
HUMPHREY MILFORD
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON, EDINBURGH, GLASGOW
TORONTO, MELBOURNE, CAPE TOWN, BOMBAY
1920
CONTENTS
THE SMOKE MACHINE
TRESPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED
A GAS ATTACK
THE CLIPPER OF THE ROAD
THE COLD WATER CURE
A BRUSH WITH THE ENEMY
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FRONTISPIECE IN COLOUR
"''TIS YOUR DOING,' SPLUTTERED NOAKES,SHAKING THE SOOT FROM HIS CLOTHES"(see p. 38). Frontispiece
"THERE WAS A RATTLING SOUND AND NOAKESWAS HALF OBLITERATED"
"ITS RIDERS WERE FLUNG INTO THE HEDGE"
"TEMPLETON GRIPPED THE UNHAPPY MAN BYTHE COLLAR, AND HAULED HIM UP"
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