A GIRL INVENTOR.
A girl at Brussels, nob yet fifteen years old, has patented a remarkable invention, consisting of a turntable for reversing the direction of motor-cars. The apparatus is fixed on the chasis,_ which has a, driving wheel at each end," and is worked by an elecllric motor. The invention was the outcome of watching the difficulty of manoeuvring heavy motor-wagons in the Antwerp streets. Aftor watching the motorwagons for Rome time one day, the girl went home, and by the next morning had a complete scheme foi tho turntable. Two motorists who wero visiting her father fetched a designer, and the plans were at once drawn up at the child's directions. The patent for the invention has been secured in the name of Esther de Susi, daughter of the Comtcsse .de Susi. Experts declare that, the new turntable willbe of enormous value, and a fortune is in Rrospeot for the girl and her mother.,
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Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 136, 9 June 1906, Page 10
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156A GIRL INVENTOR. Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 136, 9 June 1906, Page 10
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