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Ahead of his Time by Judith Evans, 1992 Pt 3 No. 1. William Gilbert Puckey , missionary and inventor, was ahead of this time (1830-40) with the land yacht he built for travelling along Ninety Mile Beach.
Inventing by Jane Thomson, 1978 Pt 4 No. 4. An interview with Mr Roy Martin, a full-time inventor.
My invention by James Vincombe, 1995 YPW. What a great invention! The author makes a machine that will keep big brothers quiet.
Superbike! by Jane Buxton, 1994 SL (tape 95164). John Britten designed and built the motorbike that won the New Zealand Grand Prix in 1993.He tells some of his design secrets, how he built the bike, where his ideas come from, and his schemes for new inventions like flying cars.
A tyreful of air by Margret Mooney, 1987 JJ No. 3. How John Dunlop, over a hundred years ago, invented his first pneumatic tyres to help his son's tricycle to go faster.
Unuseless inventions by Kenji Kawakami, 1993 Pt 4 No.2. Some absurd ideas from Japan that began as a joke to liven up a magazine.
Published on: 09 Jan 2018
