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[[User:FrankC|FrankC aka ComedyFan]] 09:57, 25 December 2009 (EST)
[[User:FrankC|FrankC aka ComedyFan]] 09:57, 25 December 2009 (EST)
''Opposition by experts to the United States Patent Office, because supposedly everything useful has been invented''.
I think this statement is patently wrong - and it is not backed by the footnote, as no one ever subscribed to the content of this pseudo-quotation.
The late 19th century was a hot-bed of scientific inventions, as various nations struggled for the lead in the engineering sciences. Have a look at the books of [[Jules Verne]] to see what was thought to be possible in the near future...
[[User:FrankC|FrankC aka ComedyFan]] 11:02, 25 December 2009 (EST)
== Irving Fisher ==
== Irving Fisher ==