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America is the land of original thinkers, of great ideas - of wacky inventors. For every Thomas Alva Edison there have been thousands of Alden L. McMurtrys, the Connecticut tinkerer who left behind his immortal design for a hat that produced streams of soap bubbles - perfect for show-stopping chorus numbers. Or so he dreamed.Like McMurtry, the zany visionaries who patented their awesomely impractical concoctions missed hitting the jackpot (by a mile!) But they created something the Wright Brothers' flying machine and Edwin Herbert Land's Polaroid camera didn't - the ability to make us laugh. Now, reproduced directly from the records stored in the U.S. Patent Office, are the best of the worst!
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Mr. McMurtry's Bubble Hat, Michael W. Miller
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- 1996
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- Title
- Mr. McMurtry's Bubble Hat
- Subtitle
- And Other Great Moments in American Ingenuity
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Michael W. Miller
- Publisher
- Dell
- Released
- 1996
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 101
- ISBN10
- 0440506573
- ISBN13
- 9780440506577
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction
- Rating
- 3 out of 5
- Description
- America is the land of original thinkers, of great ideas - of wacky inventors. For every Thomas Alva Edison there have been thousands of Alden L. McMurtrys, the Connecticut tinkerer who left behind his immortal design for a hat that produced streams of soap bubbles - perfect for show-stopping chorus numbers. Or so he dreamed.Like McMurtry, the zany visionaries who patented their awesomely impractical concoctions missed hitting the jackpot (by a mile!) But they created something the Wright Brothers' flying machine and Edwin Herbert Land's Polaroid camera didn't - the ability to make us laugh. Now, reproduced directly from the records stored in the U.S. Patent Office, are the best of the worst!