"contraption by" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to indicate the creator or inventor of a contraption or unusual device. Example: The new machine, a contraption by Professor Smith, revolutionized the way we process data.
A toy-like contraption by Takashi Murakami that reveals the enduring influence of the Dada cult of the inept, went for £397,250.
Equipped with two small doors in front of the speaker, a music lover could adjust the volume on this new-fangled contraption by simply opening or closing the doors.
By E. J. Kahn and Harold Ross The New Yorker, May 18 , 1940P. 11 Talk story about Vincent Palmer who has perfected an ultra violet-ray contraption by which he stuns fish into quiet while taking their pictures.
The New Yorker, May 18 , 1940P. 11 Talk story about Vincent Palmer who has perfected an ultra violet-ray contraption by which he stuns fish into quiet while taking their pictures.
A child knows that a bicycle has two wheels, that its tires are filled with air, and that you ride the contraption by pushing its pedals forward in circles.
David Park takes us on an incredible journey that illuminates the multitude of elaborate "contraptions" by which humans in the Western world have imagined the earth they inhabit--and what lies beyond.
Korneev, who opened the museum in 2010 and describes it as having a "space-carnival atmosphere", has compiled an unlikely number of retro industrial and medical objects, creating many new contraptions by cobbling together various spare pieces and parts.
They soar through the sky like a bird by flapping their arms, and the contraption responds by dipping and banking to match their movements.
The ice cream trolley holds a contraption created by Blumenthal and his team, and constructed from Corian by Mike Smith Studio at a cost of £25,000.
The contraption works by measuring the infrared radiation's intensity that's emitted by the lunar surface.
The £8m school resembles a jolly and rather corpulent space shuttle, or a shiny glass-and-metal contraption fashioned by The Clangers or Caractacus Potts.
