"gadget" antedated (?) to 1884

[victor steinbok]

But can you clap it off?

VS-)

On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu>wrote:

>
> OED has 1886; "Origin obscure."
>
> Amateur work, illustrated (London, New York, Ward, Lock & Co.), vol.4,
> 1884=
> , page 148, col. 3, lines 9-13:
>
> Grinding is tedious you say. So it is.  How shall we lighten it? _Eureka_!
> =
> Get the secret accelerating "gadget."
> Clap it on and presto!
>
> For the context, see:
>
>
> http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=3Dnjp.32101049993445;view=3Dimage;seq=
> =3D162;q1=3Dgadget;start=3D1;size=3D10;page=3Dsearch;num=3D148
>
> Stephen Goranson

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