had the idea patented. Another man made monev from the device of an imbedded string in the end of an envelope to cut. the paper as it is Jmrn out. Still another man added to this id-.a by tying a knot in the end of the string to keep it from being drown through. It i»- interesting to not,, how man has borrowed many of hi* idea* from the ani-mal-world. W»*p< made paper from wood long before man decided it was a good substitute for rag.--. Hie folding scissors and folding pocket compass are only copies of the, folding lower jaw of the dragon-fly. The flying squid, a species of cuttle-fish. ha? a .way of projecting itself as- high as 12ft. above the surface of the water by forcibly spelling water from its body. Man saw this, and indented the sky rocket.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13330, 6 July 1907, Page 1 (Supplement)
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