“…Inventors attracted the public by combining all kinds of print resources, advertisements and articles in newspapers, in guides, in trade directories, in transactions, tracts, and books. 68 Short advertisements could be handed to pedestrians; longer leaflets were reserved for potential customers, either those buying ready-made, or commissions that required a visit to the workshop, especially for expensive goods such as pumps, stoves, and coaches. "How-to-use" leaflets could also be given to the customer on buying an article, and this was a strong argument in advertisements: information was delivered with the product itself.…”