Who's around the corner?

Who's around the corner?

The object of this puzzle is to identify a person by solving a clue that takes you 'around the corner' to a hint about that person.

Think of an inventor who invented a common household object which usually contained a device with, coincidentally, the same name as the inventor. The device and the method of its use appear in the title of a classic work. Who is the author?

When answering, please add sufficient spoiler space so as to not unintentionally spoil the solution for the others who may read your reply. You may also reply by email.

Below, I'll add spoiler space myself and give a hint pertaining the number of letters in the clue and the solution. If you need more hints, please ask.

Cheers Michael

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The inventor (and the device) is called _ _ _ _ . The author of the classic work is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

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inventor - alexander graham BELL invention - telephone communications device inside telephone BELL (though I would not call it a device) classic work - For Whom the Bell Tolls (Hemmingway )/ The Bell Jar (Syliva Plath)

Thanks and Best Regards

Matthew Newell

Sorry,

Just re-read my post and it looks a little sour - it is a good puzzle. I wonder if I may have seen it somewhere before, as my answer came to me instantaneously, but I cannot remember seeing it as a puzzle before.

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A practically universal item was invented and developed in stages/competition - the four men as follows: the first 'lived in the odium' (EC, the second's factory broke a royal prerogative, the third cleaned up and the fourth was the first to sound like himself.

The above are v dodgy cryptic(ish) clues to the four inventors/pioneers and the item should follow.

Regards

Matthew Newell

Matthew Newell schrieb:

You didn't come across as sour to me, I just assumed there was a better way to word the clue which I hadn't hit upon.

If I've seen it before, I can't remember. I thought about doing a puzzle similar to the stuff in the Polymath challenge.

I'll have go at yours below, athough I'm pretty sure... Cheers Michael

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'Water closet'? odium = smell royal prerogative = manufacture of porcellain 'clean up' = toilet paper?? 'sound like himself' = Mr Flushing ???

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Sir Humphry Davy Abominated gravy He lived in the odium Of having discovered Sodium

- E Clerihew Bentley (EHB of the clue)

That's interesting. I considering using the following puzzle in the recent Polymath challenge.

Dr. Watson's renowned colleague (6 letters): _ _ _ _ _ _

Dr. Watson's renowned colleague (5 letters): _ _ _ _ _

Mr. Watson's renowned colleague (4 letters): _ _ _ _

BELL, of course...

Dave (Bell - no relation that I know of...)

I think there's a famous quote about #3. 'Mr. Watson, come here. I need you.', IIRC.

That's the way I remembered it

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Sir Humphry Davy Detested Gravy / Abominated Gravy - the five syllable is my preference.

The least famous of the quartet is the third - who demonstrated in a public square in Cleveland Ohio in 1877.

It should be noted that a further two inventors/refiners could be added to the end - but I had never heard of them, so I didn't bother.

Regards

Matthew Newell