{"id":4061,"date":"1978-11-01T01:00:00","date_gmt":"1978-11-01T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/about-us\/history\/letter\/vol-59-no-11-november-1978-the-spirit-of-invention\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T00:02:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T00:02:12","slug":"vol-59-no-11-november-1978-the-spirit-of-invention","status":"publish","type":"rbc_letter","link":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/about-us\/history\/letter\/vol-59-no-11-november-1978-the-spirit-of-invention\/","title":{"rendered":"Vol. 59, No. 11 &#8211; November 1978 &#8211; The Spirit of Invention"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"layout-column-main\">\n<p class=\"boldtext\">From the Stone Age on, invention                     has been one of the great occupations of mankind. It has brought                     us immense benefits, but it has also brought problems in its                     wake. The question is how to make invention work in our best                     interests, knowing that it will never cease&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> One of the toys that Canadian stores will be displaying                     this Christmas shopping season is a little auto that runs                     on &#8220;top&#8221; or &#8220;gyro&#8221; power. You simply roll the wheels of the                     toy car by rubbing them swiftly along the floor; this in turn                     imparts a spin to a fly-wheel made of lead hidden inside the                     miniature vehicle. Because of the relatively heavy weight                     of the fly-wheel, it will maintain its rotation for a long                     enough time to drive the little car around a room &#8211; a feat                     accomplished without benefit of a spring motor or electric                     battery.<\/p>\n<p>The device is an inventive application of the spinning and                     stabilizing force of a top, and the ability of a fly-wheel                     store energy. These phenomena have been known for centuries,                     and have been put to use in many different ways. The top goes                     back to ancient times, to the playgrounds of Greece and China.                     Its more complex cousin, the gyroscope &#8211; a device that seems                     to defy the force of gravity in some of its tricks of balance                     &#8211; has led to such no-nonsense inventions as the gyro-compass,                     gyro-pilot and the gyro-stabilizer, transportation aids which                     an airline or shipping company would have difficulty getting                     along without.<\/p>\n<p>It is not surprising that many inventions have had their                     roots in toys. That whimsical zeal and freedom from practicality                     that impels a creative person into designing a delightful                     plaything would also appear to open new avenues to a mind                     striving to cast aside the restraints of convention, and seeking                     to create useful new things.<\/p>\n<p>Toys not only anticipate future machines and devices, but                     reflect the current state of technology. Small boys in Canada                     play with toy space rockets today, just as small boys in Paris                     played with balloons after the Montgolfier brothers made their                     first balloon flight in 1783.<\/p>\n<p>The world has always revelled in the wonder of invention.                     The ability to invent &#8211; a universal characteristic of mankind                     through the ages &#8211; is an attribute that has enabled people                     to adapt to various environments to improve their living standards.                     Through invention, man has tamed fire, electricity and the                     atom, discovered the fundamentals of mechanics and chemistry,                     learned to record his thoughts in writing and pictures, and                     has made some of civilization&#8217;s most admirable creative thrusts.<\/p>\n<p>Invention is usually defined as a creative effort that is                     embodied in physical equipment. It is, of course, closely                     linked with scientific discovery &#8211; finding out what nature                     already holds. Inventions themselves are not confined to new                     devices. They may be improvements or ingenious combinations                     of existing things.<\/p>\n<p>In a sense, the application of a principle used in a toy                     to the workaday world may only be a kind of improvement on                     the original idea. The steam engine, a favourite subject for                     those who study invention, had its roots in an ancient toy                     invented by Hero of Alexandria. The device consisted of a                     small hemispherical container of water suspended over a flame.                     The steam that blasted through small jets in the sphere made                     it spin.<\/p>\n<p>Oddly enough, Hero&#8217;s gadget failed to stimulate any significant                     development of the steam drive principle until the late 17th                     or early 18th centuries. These long-delayed practical experiments                     culminated in the invention of the modern condensing steam                     engine by a Scottish engineer, James Watt, who patented it                     in 1769.<\/p>\n<p>Not all of the great inventions had whimsical roots, yet                     Canadian patent records seem to bear witness to many fanciful                     turns of mind pursued by this country&#8217;s inventors in an earlier                     era. In 1889, for example, a lady in Calgary invented a mechanical                     skirt-lifter designed to raise her hem discreetly as she crossed                     a dusty street.<\/p>\n<p>If inventive skill is any measure of national accomplishment,                     Canada has justification for a great deal of pride. The Canadian                     patent office has a list of impressive inventive contributions                     dating as far back as 1791 when the Governor General in Council                     granted a series of patents for a process to make potash.                     Since then, Canadians, or Canadian residents, have broken                     new inventive ground in such fields as transportation (snowmobiles,                     hydrofoils, short take-off and landing aircraft), food and                     agriculture (harvesting machines, the pre-cooked cereal known                     as Pablum, early ripening and disease resistant wheat), and                     communications (the telephone, the AC radio tube, and the                     wirephoto).<\/p>\n<p>Some other less publicized but still important inventions                     made in Canada were kerosene in 1846 by Dr. Abraham Gesner,                     of Halifax, N.S.; the first controllable pitch propeller in                     1927 by Wallace Robert Turnbull, of Rothesay, N.B., and the                     first panoramic camera in 1887 by John Connor, of Elora, Ont.<\/p>\n<h3>There is no such thing as a genuine                   single inventor<\/h3>\n<p>J. J. Brown, a Canadian author who has written several books                     on invention, observes that Canadians have made contributions                     to world science and technology out of all proportion to their                     numbers. He complains, however, that many good ideas have                     been taken abroad for development, a shortcoming that can                     be remedied in the future by more public and official recognition                     of the Canadian inventor and his ideas.<\/p>\n<p>In a broader sense, it is evident that good ideas are not                     confined to geographic boundaries. Brown notes that &#8220;there                     is really no such thing as a genuine single inventor who is                     uniquely responsible for a particular invention. Every man                     stands on the shoulders of his predecessor&#8221;. Lord Ernest Rutherford,                     whose experiments at McGill and Manchester universities in                     the early 1900s yielded evidence as to the hidden structure                     of the atom, used to say that &#8220;science is international, and                     long may it remain so&#8221;. The same could be said for invention.<\/p>\n<p>The record of invention around the world proves the universality                     of innovative thought. It is common for similar developments                     to be born in different countries at the same time &#8211; simultaneous                     invention, as it is called. It is not as coincidental as it                     might appear; inventors are bombarded with the same stimuli                     of daily life as the rest of us. Up-to-date reports of developing                     technology tend to spread quickly, so it is only reasonable                     to expect creative minds to pounce on what is most interesting                     and pursue similar lines of exploration. No wonder the history                     of invention is shot through with litigation and prior claims.<\/p>\n<h3>Little would have resulted without                   the entrepreneur<\/h3>\n<p>If a museum of simultaneous invention were ever founded,                     it would, as Brown has suggested in his book <em>Ideas in Exile<\/em>,                     &#8220;show how the electric light, the telephone, sound recording,                     calculus, anaesthesia, jet propulsion, the airplane, topology,                     non-Euclidian geometry, the theory of evolution, were all                     discovered in different parts of the world at about the same                     time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One might put it down to the old saying: Great minds think                     alike. There is, however, disagreement among observers of                     innovation as to the need for a &#8220;great mind&#8221;. One school of                     thought puts the emphasis on the correct preconditions, the                     events and developments that will inspire invention. Technical                     advancement in one field is frequently dependent upon technical                     progress in another. It has been said that if Watt had invented                     his steam engine earlier, machines to produce the metal parts                     would have been available earlier too.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not, or when, the condensing steam engine would                     have been invented if Watt had not been on this earth is a                     hypothetical question which can never really be settled satisfactorily.                     Yet it does seem clear that without the business backer or                     entrepreneur, very little would have resulted from his deed.                     The role of men named John Roebuck and Matthew Boulton in                     the story of the steam engine should not be forgotten. It                     was they who provided the capital and business know-how to                     make Watt&#8217;s machine a success.<\/p>\n<p>Inventors are often characterized by their persistent, and                     often vain, efforts to win support for their brain-children.                     Not only do they seek direct financial backing, but public                     recognition of their ingenuity. What inventor has not had                     to combat social resistance to change, to new ideas and new                     ways of doing things? The history of invention and technology                     is full of examples. While one part of society has been innovative,                     adept and daring, another part has been conservative, protective                     and fearful. The Wright brothers were ridiculed after their                     first attempts to fly. In the 18th century Scottish engineer                     Andrew Meikle, a miller who invented an improved windmill                     and threshing machine, drew sharp criticism for his fanning                     mill. Country people regarded grain cleared by it with suspicion,                     and some clergymen argued that &#8220;winds were raised by God alone,                     and it was irreligious for man to attempt to raise wind for                     himself&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>When industrial innovation first developed in Europe, opposition                     came from those whose lives and work were still stratified                     under the rules of medieval trade guilds. Workers feared,                     often quite correctly, that the new machines might dispossess                     them of their jobs.<\/p>\n<p>One of history&#8217;s most famous anti-technological reactions                     took place in the early 19th century when the Luddite movement                     arose in Nottingham and neighbouring districts in England.                     Named for a real or legendary man known as Ned Lud, the Luddites                     launched machine-breaking riots, an ostensible protest at                     the poor quality of goods produced by the new machines.<\/p>\n<p>The movement spread through parts of Europe during a depression                     that followed the Peace of 1815 and a serious crop failure.                     It came to an end after severe repressive legislation was                     enacted, and after prosperity gradually returned.<\/p>\n<p>There is no doubt that, today as then, the introduction                     of modern inventions and new technology exposes society to                     some disruption and displacement of the work force. Indeed                     the effects of new technology are transmitted much faster                     in this age than they were in the past.<\/p>\n<p>While the practical application of the steam drive principle                     had to wait some 1800 years, modern society translates invention                     or discovery into application in a matter of a few years.                     Sometimes this happens too fast for society to adapt.<\/p>\n<h3>Can the soft sciences keep pace with                                       the hard sciences?<\/h3>\n<p>The narrowing time gap between invention and application                     can have socially and environmentally damaging effects. For                     example, DDT was hailed as the world&#8217;s most effective pesticide,                     and was used liberally for many years before there was any                     true understanding of the complex damage it caused to the                     ecology.<\/p>\n<p>The problem of unemployment due to technological change                     is said by some to be a failure of the social or &#8220;soft&#8221; sciences                     to come up with innovations of their own to match the advances                     of the physical or &#8220;hard&#8221; sciences &#8211; to invent such social                     devices as unemployment insurance, for example, to maintain                     economic stability in a community until new jobs are eventually                     created. The ideal is to let innovation solve the problems                     of innovation. An admirable goal, of course, but difficult                     to achieve.<\/p>\n<p>Even forecasting the use that will be put to an invention                     or discovery is an effort fraught with pitfalls. The ebullient                     Lord Rutherford, often called the father of the nuclear age,                     assessed the possibilities of nuclear power in an interview                     with the New York <em>Herald Tribune <\/em>in 1933: &#8220;The energy                     produced by breaking down of the atom is a poor kind of thing.                     Anyone who expects a source of power from transformation of                     these atoms is talking moonshine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Edison was more on target when he forecast some of                     the possible uses for the phonograph, which he invented in                     1878: music, dictation, and talking toys. But it is doubtful                     that Edison foresaw the growth of the recording industry into                     what it is today. That would be too much to expect.<\/p>\n<p>Edison got the idea for the phonograph while placing a disc                     of paper in a telegraph repeater, a machine used for transmitting                     telegraph messages. He noted a faint musical note coming from                     the revolving apparatus and built a machine to explore the                     quirk. This bit of luck known as serendipity &#8211; the happy accident                     &#8211; is not all that uncommon in the field of invention. Charles                     Goodyear discovered vulcanized rubber after accidentally dropping                     a mixture of raw rubber and sulphur on a hot stove.<\/p>\n<h3>Despite team invention, we still need                   those                   great minds<\/h3>\n<p>Modern inventors cannot simply rely on luck. It is common                     for them to work in large research laboratories as mission-oriented                     teams which use the most methodical methods possible. Lone                     inventors find it more difficult to tackle the immense jobs                     which enlargement and complication of science and technology                     necessitate.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, there remains a demand for great minds, geniuses                     with a flare for new ideas which can be embodied into machines                     and new processes. They still provide the seeds from which                     modern &#8220;team&#8221; invention may grow.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the problems of social acceptance of new developments                     and the disruptions sometimes caused by them, the pattern                     of invention and technology has been that of man&#8217;s victory                     over adversity. At the same time, the diversity of invention                     has matched the challenge of a variety of environments. To                     some extent all of us have to show inventive skill to cope                     with our environments, whether it be finding a more convenient                     way of working, devising a computer program, modifying some                     household appliance to suit a special purpose, or concocting                     a new recipe. Invention, therefore, is a fact of life which                     is all around us. It cannot be avoided or ignored.<\/p>\n<p>Mankind cannot shun the computer, the jet engine and the                     communications satellite and retreat back to cottage industry.                     As John Dewey, the U.S. philosopher, psychologist and educator,                     once said: &#8220;There is no greater sign of paralysis of the imagination                     than the belief, sedulously propagated by some who pride themselves                     on superior taste, that the machine is the source of our troubles&#8230;                     it is hard to think of anything more childish than animism                     that puts the blame on machinery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The onward push of technology is much more powerful now                     than in the social environment of the first half of this century,                     during which Dewey lectured. There are, for example, worrisome                     trends of invention and research in the fields of weaponry                     and genetic engineering. There is new concern about the environmental                     damage and waste of resources which invention may bring in                     its wake.<\/p>\n<h3>The Frisbee may presage the flying                                       saucers of tomorrow<\/h3>\n<p>It all comes down to how mankind&#8217;s intelligence and imagination                     are put to use, how society will employ its collective wits                     to avoid the dangers inherent in new things, and how nations                     can enjoy the fruits of invention in a way that will meet                     social as well as immediate practical goals.<\/p>\n<p>If history is any guide, mankind will go on to invent ever                     more new gadgets and machines. Toys will continue to reflect                     current technological advances, and lead the way to future                     inventive pursuits. The Frisbee may presage the man-carrying                     flying saucers of tomorrow. The toy robots becoming popular                     with children today may be a first step towards designing                     and marketing of cheap household robots. That toy car with                     the gyro-fly-wheel drive could well be a predecessor of a                     widely used fly-wheel power system for buses and subway cars.<\/p>\n<p>From the cave-men on, each age has had its own fascination                     with invention. It has proved to be an integral element of                     the spirit of human kind. Let us in this age take joy in its                     discoveries, while at the same time ensuring that they will                     be used in a responsible manner to build a better life in                     the future. Let us learn to live comfortably with Man the                     Inventor, for he will be with us until the end of time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[1],"rbc_letter_theme":[],"rbc_letter_year":[58],"class_list":["post-4061","rbc_letter","type-rbc_letter","status-publish","hentry","category-uncategorized","rbc_letter_year-58"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Vol. 59, No. 11 - November 1978 - The Spirit of Invention - RBC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/about-us\/history\/letter\/vol-59-no-11-november-1978-the-spirit-of-invention\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vol. 59, No. 11 - November 1978 - The Spirit of Invention - RBC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From the Stone Age on, invention has been one of the great occupations of mankind. 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