Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1881-08-30

olllccs done him by his master, promised
to teach him the art of making GOLD
70 discover the grand secret he labored
necessarily, and it so happened that,
having mixed various earths together, in
order to make strong cruciblos, in the
course Of baking them, he accidentally
discovered the art Of making porcelain.
The intended transinlltation took place
not in the metals, indeed, but in his
own person--and, as if he had been IT'D.
TOUCHED WITH A, ,EoNURoR's WAND,
he was all of Nsudden transformed from
an alchemist into potter, The first
porcelain thus manufactured was or Il
browhish red color, being made of n.
brown clay. The power of lenses, as
applied to telescopes, was discovered 'hv
u watchmaker's apprentice. While hold
ing spectacle glasses between his,thumb
and finger, he Mas startled by the sud-
denly enlarged appearance Of anei9h-
boring church sprG. The swaying to I
and fro of chandelier in a cathedral
suggested to Galileo therapplication of
the pendulum. Mezzotinlo, d particular
manner Of fine engraving on COPPER,
owed its invention to the simple accident
of n gun barrel of Il sentry becoming
rusted with dew. s.
| ir TIE ART or M1IIOGRAPHING -
was perfected through suggestions made
by accident A poor musician was curl
ous to know whether music could not be
etched upon stone Us well as "copper"
Aftcrhe had prepared his slab his moth
cr asked him to make q memorandum of
such clothes as she proposed to send
away to he washed Not having pen, ink
and paper convenient he wrote the list
on the stone with the etching prepare
ton, intending to make a copy Of IL at
leisureegA few days later, when about
to clean thelsione, he wondered what cf-
feet duaiortisaw0uld have upon IT, He
applied the acid, and in a few minutes
saw the writing standing out in bold re-
lief. The next step necessary wasto
ink the stone and take off impression. -
The art Of etching upon glass was dis
covered by a glass cutter accidentally
letting few drops Of aquafoitis fall uE1,
on his speCtacles. He noticed that the
glass had become ColTodcd and softened
where the acid had touched it. and that
was hint enough. He drew figures up
on the glass with varnish, applied the
corroding fluid. and then cut away the
glass around the drawing. When the
varnish was removed the figures appear
ed raised on dark ground. The shop
of tobacconist was destroyed by fire.
While he was gazing docluly into the
smoldcring ruins he noticed that his
poorer neighbors were gathering the
snutl from the Canistcrs, lie tested the
SNUFF himself, and discovered the fire
had largely improved It's pungcnCy and
aroma, 1t was hint worth protiing
by. lie secured another shop, built
lot of ovens, subjected the snuIl toaI
heating process, gave tlc brand apm-
| iculHr name, and in few years became
rich through IN accident which he first
thought had completely ruined him.
The composition Of which printing roll
ers Is composed was discovered by Il sim
gular accident. A printer not being
able to find the pelt bull used in ollcn
times 70 Ink type with, substituted a.
piece Of soft glue which hall fallen ont
of Il glue pot, 1t was such an excellent
substitute that, after mixing molascs
with the glue, to give the mass proper
consistency, the old pelt bill was entire
ly discarded, Watcrcd tables, employed
In the, manufacture Of waved and water
cd SILK, was invented by q man who got
his first idea from the spreading of
squirt of tobacco spit on \ smooth moor.
uIR INVENTOR or TuE locomotive.
1t is popular lclusior, existing
throughout tie world, that George Ste
. "a ufn hn la InV ,T ln
tive In England the error is so deeply
rooted that the last anniversary of his
birth, juno 0, was celebrated by over
3O,0O0,O 900 nlisiuformcd Englishmcn.--.
PrObablynot bhCinU hltidlcd Of these
participants IN the celebration ever heard
of Oliver Evans, who, without doubt,
was the tathcr Of the pr0pelling power
OF all tnilrONd trRins in the world. How
GNme Stephenson by honors not fairly
lliasNwill bGdhe first question askGd.-
No one can ray that hC ever claimed
tllom for himself, npr can anyone say
thHt he exclusively wore them when
alive, though lica lived nearly score of
years after the Rocket made It's first and
fuiever iNmous trip. Clearly, Stephen
son nncNcrboliuNcd himself tie inventor,
and the dcluston tlmt he was came about
through u remarkable book issued IN
1867. IT, Stephenson had never lived
nor thought, the locomotive conld still
be The worlds servant to-day. But
without ne itlca which first eprahg uto
Evans Brain, not only the locomotive
but IN Immense maiorlty-practically ali
-.-of The steam cngiucs of the globe
would be impossible, Evans, II should
he stated, was an American, who was
born IN Newport, Delaware In 1875, and
died In New York in 1872.