Burroughs

(noun.) United States novelist and author of the Tarzan stories (1875-1950).

(noun.) United States inventor who patented the first practical adding machine (1855-1898).

(noun.) United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997).

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• Yours very sincerely, Edgar Rice Burroughs. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Burroughs objected strenuously, for he did not wish to market the machine until he was convinced that it was perfect, but he finally agreed to manufacture fifty machines. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• There were at that time 8,000 banks in the country, and it was Burroughs’ idea that as soon as these were supplied the market for adding machines would be exhausted. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• While still flushed with his success, Burroughs thought of the first fifty machines which had proved such a disappointment. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• In 1884 Burroughs took his plans to a St. Louis dry goods merchant, who thought so well of the idea that he raised $700 toward forming a company. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Burroughs lived to see the fulfilment of his dreams and the machine a commercial success. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• His early associates say of Burroughs that no ordinary materials were good enough for his creation. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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