The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-03-29
ACCIDENTAL DIsct;YEEIEs.

A Limerick, tobacconist, looking dolefully
at his poor neighbors cropping among the
smoulderng ruins of Ills burned ont shop, no
ticed that some Of them after trying the con-
tents of certain eanistefs, carefully loaded
their waistcoa. pockets from them. lie fol-
lowed suit, ai9a found the snuff had come out
Of the iicry ..ordeal very much improved in
pungcncy. and aroma. Like wise man he
said nothing, but took another Place. let up
10y a ovens and before .lpna Black Yard
Hnuh- otherwise 8 Irisl. BlackgsArs '--was
Al the rage with lovers of pasal utilization
and in a few years Lundyfoo wus. rich man.,
o. ing to tho accident lie thought had ruined
him. A wouid.be alcl,emist, seekipg to dis.
cover what mixture of earthst would make
the st ongest crucible, found one day he, had
made Porcelain he Was Vas 81 81 n, sudden trapsn
formed from an alchemist to i potter. When,
ons Of Van Eyck's pictures cracked in vths
sunshine, the artist experimental to produce
a varnish that would dry in the shade. He
found what lie sought, and found beside that
by mixing it with colors they acquired great
err forces and brillianoy and required no sub
sequent vanishing and SO came about the
discovery, or rediscovery, of the art of paint
ipg in oil. Mezzotinto owed It's Invention by
Prince Rupert to the simple accident of san-
trys gur-barrel being, rusfSE by the dew
Henry Schonward, a Nuremberg glass-cutter,
happened to lot some aqua-fortis fall upon his
spectaces, and noticed the glass was corroded
4 I'd softened where the aqua-fortis had touch-
8 it. Taking the hint. he made liquid az
cordingly, drew some suiiiiess upon piece Of
glass, covered them, With varnish, and appli-
cd his corroding fluid, cut away the glass
around his drawing, so that when he removed
the varnish the figures appeared raised upon
a dark ground, and etching upon glass was
added to the ornamental arts. Alois Sene-
fielder, playwright and actor, thinking it pos
siblc to etch upon stone in lieu of "copper" pol
ished a slab for tiIa purpose He was disturb
ed by his mother coming into his small labra-
tory with u request that he would jot down
hcr list of things for the wash as the woman
was waiting to take the basket away. Lack
ing pen and ink he scribbled the items on hin
5sone with his etching preparation, tlat hoo
might copy them at his leisure. Some time
altcfWuiu, When ABOUT 10 ceau Inc stone, he
thought no might as well sec what would be
the effects Of biting the stone with aqua-for-
It's, and in o few minutes saw the writing
stand out in relief. Taking up pelt-ball
char sed with printing ink, he linked the stone
took or a few impressions upon paper, and
he had invented photography Tie pelt=bdr
used by senefeftor was tong Indispensable in
d printing oiioe. A Saiol la printer, in
hurry to got on with u job, could not find his
ball, and inkei the form with a piece of soft
glue that had fallen out of tho glne-p,t, with
such excellent results that he theneoiorth dis
cardcd the pelt-ball altogether, and by adding
treacle 10 glue, to keep it from hard, ming, hit
upon the comp ,sition of which printers rolf
ers have ever since boon made 50 much for
accidents