Thring, M. W. <br/><br/>
How to invent / 
M. W. Thring and E.R. Laithwaite. 
 - [London] :  Macmillan Publishing Company,  c1977 
 - vii, 173 pages ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes index. 
<br/><br/>1. What is 'invention' and can it be taught? -- 2. Some historic inventions and inventors -- 3. What needs inventing? -- 4. The art of the inventor -- 5. Physical thinking -- 6. Engineering and nature study -- 7. Thinking with the hands -- 8. Teaching invention -- 9. Developing and patenting an invention -- 9. Developing and patenting an invention -- 10. Some of our inventions. 
<br/><br/> The primary objective of this book is to give people who have a spark of creativity in them the possibility of using this spark to invent practical useful objects. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>333177940 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>INVENTIONS
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>T 15 .T47 1977