kids book abt eccentric old man who’s an inventor something weather machine

he created a story telling machine which narrates the book abt his adventures. the old man lives with his sister. he also created a weather machine which back fired.

the book is more like an anthology of adventures and there one about a secret chair society i think?

anyways that’s all i remember i read this a long time ago and it would be amazing if you could help me find it.