Word: smiljan
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Dates: during 1931-1931
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...first invention?before he was six and living at his native Smiljan. a Croatian village, in what is now Jugoslavia? was something the like of which he had never actually seen. He pictured it curved, pointed at one end, fastened to a string at the other. The child modeled a piece of iron according to his vision and thus had the hook which he needed to catch frogs. Similarly he completely visualized his induction motor, his coils and transformers, all his inventions, before he sketched and constructed them. He has unlimited confidence in his visual inventiveness. He no longer bothers...
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