Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-11-10

musical ripple. Then with another
, despalring clasp Of her hands she arose
and made her little speech.
LUCKY ACCIDENTS.
now SOME GREAT DISCOVERIES wERI
MADE by CHANCE.
Valuable discoveries have been made
and valuable inventions suggested, by
the veriest accidents
An alchemlst, while seeking 10 dis.
cover a mixture of earths that would
make the most durable cruciblcs, one
day found that he had made porcelain
The power OF lenses, as applied to
the telescope, was discovered by a
watchmakers apprentice. While hold.
ing spectacle glasses betw cen his
thumb and finger, he was startled at
the suddenly enlarged appearance of a
neighboring chuEch spire.
Mezzotinto owed its invention TO the
simple accident of the gun barrel of Il
sentry becoming rusted with dew.
The swaying to and fro of chande
lior in cathedral suggested to Calico
the application OF the pendulum.
The art of lithographing was per.
iected through suggestions made by
accident. A poor musician was curl.
Gus to know whether music could not
be etched upon stone as well as upon
copper After the slab was prepared his
mother asked him to make memoran.
dun OF such clothes as she proposed
to send away to be washed. Not hav.
ing pen, ink and paper convenient he
wrote the list on the stone with the
einhing preparation. intending - ----i--
O UvPy oi ii at leisure. A few days
later, when about to clean the stone he
wondered what effect acquaiortis would
have upon it, He applied the acid,
and in few minutes saw the writing
standing out in relief, The next step
necessary was simply to ink the stone
and take off an impression,
The composition of which printing
rollers are made was discovered by
Salopian printer, Not being able to
find the pelt ball, he linked the type
with piece of soft glue which had
fallen out Of glue pot. 1t was such
an excellent substance that, after mix
ing molasses with the glue to give the
mass proper consistency, the old pelt
ball was entirely discarded
The shop a Dublin tobacconist, by
the name OF Lundyioot, was destroyed
by fire. While he was gazing dole
fully into the smouldering ruins, he
noticed that his poorer neighbors were
gathering the snuff from the cansters.
lie tested the snuff himself, and dis
covered that the fire had improved its
pungency and aroma. 1t was a hint
worth profting by. Hesecured another
shop, built lot of ovens, subjected the
snuff to heating process, gave the
brand particular name, and in q few
years became rich through an accident
which he at first thought had com.
pletely ruined him.
The process Of whitening sugar was
discovered in q curious way. A hen
that had gone through clay puddle |
went with her muddy feet into sugar
house. She left her tracks on a pile |
Of sugar, 1t was noticed that wherever
her tracks were the sugar was whiten.
ed. Experiments were instituted, and |
the result was that wet clay came to /
be used in refining sugar.
The origin OF blue tinted paper came |
about by mere slip of the hand The |
wife of William East, an English pa.
per maker, accidentally let blue.bag |
fall into one Of the watts of pulp. The |
workmen were astonished when they |
saw the peculiar color of the paper
whllc Mr.. East was highly incensed
over what he considered grave pc
euniary loss. His wife was so much
frightened that she would not confess
her agency in the matter. After stor-
ing the damaged paper for four years,
Mr.. East sent it TO his agent at Lon.
don, with instructions to sell for what
it would bring. The paper was ac-
cepted as q "purposed novelty" and
was disposed of at quite an advance
over market price. Mr.. East was
astonished at receiving an order from
his agent for another large invoice of
the paper He was without tho secret
and found himseiin dilemma. Upon
mentioning it to his wife, she told him
about the accident. lie kept the Sc
cret, and tho demand for the novel tint
far exceeded his ability to supply it.
A Brighton stationer took fancy
for dressing his show window with
pilos Of writing paper, rising gradually
from the largest TO the smallest size in
use and TO finish his pyramids off
nicely, he cut cards to bring them TO a
point. Taking these cards for di.
note paper, lady customers
were continually wanting some of
that lovely little paper" and the sta
Toner found II advantageous to cut
paper TO the desired pattern. As there
was no space for addressing the note.
cts after they were folded, he after
much thought invented the envelope,
which he cut by the aid OF metal
plates made for the purpose The sale
increased so rapidly that be was una.
bic to produce the envelopes fast
enough, so he commissioned dozen
houses to make them for him, and thus
vet going an important branch Of the
stationery trade.
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