An amusing example of misplacea ingenuity in the ranks of the inventor is furnished by a recent patent which seems to demand an up-to-date electric version of the old Hush-a-bye, baby,* 5 nu r sery rhyme. The device is intended for moving a perambulator to aud fro, and comprises an electric motor adapted for connection to the lighting supply of a room, operated by means of gears and a crank, and a connecting rod of adjustable length secured to the handles of the perambulator.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20644, 16 February 1929, Page 20
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