San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-03-15
-,..,srIes Made by Accidents.

ia discoveries have been
ValuauSI valuable inventions sug-
p'de,, I NV The verieSt accidents.
ssied, IOoIemist, while seeking to dis:
An @a;xtnre of earths that would
Sr.r sh a most durable crucibles, one
s,IIsS0u mt that he had made pOrce-
3D. Tis power of lenses, as applied to
Inc ss,pscope, was discovered by a
be NnaEer's apprentice. While
' Es'f spectacle'g glasses between t3, his is
1S oluIbU and finger he was startled =, at
1uui "adenly large appearance of the
DE lei,S5oring church spire.
H't $Ss art Of etching upon glass was
,IanS Inc red by a Nuremberg glass cut
iscO'Re, v accident, q few drops of aqua
H.. f. fell upon his spectacles. He
ie asesd that the glass became corroded
Ho.'' softened where the acid had
lala.lb SS il. That was hint enough.
l9aI drew figures upon glass with var
BE- i eui oomrlied the corroding fluid, then
a lataw nNf the glass around the drawing.
T %Sam the varnish was removed, the
. nnrn appeared raised upon a dark
ay MDrzotinto owed its Invention to
40 simple accident of the gun barrel
# d' a sentry becoming rusted with
'' Tbe swaying to and fro of q chan
,,i i in a cathedral suggested to
GaIlileo the application of the pend /.
ui1 The art of ithographing was per-
t.cted through suggestions made by
sCcdept. A poor musician was curl
a o 10 know whether music could not
be etched upon stone as well as upon
copper. ,oa h;o slab h;s
mother asked him to make q memo
.,ndrm of such clothes as she pro-
. n0sed to send away to be washed. Not
having pen, ink and paper conven-
;snt. he wrote the list on the stone
with the etching preparations, intend
ing to make a copy of it at leisure.
"a 4 few days later, when about to
c1ean the stone, he wondered what
effect effect AQUA FORTS would have upon
i, He applied the acid, and in a 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 a
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 substitute that, after mix
ing molasses with the glue, to give,
the mass proper consistency, the old
pslt-ball was entirely discarded.
The shop of Dublin tobacconlst'
by the name of Lundyfoot, was de-
stroyed by fire. While he was gazing
dolefull into the smouldering ruins,
he noticed that his poorer nelghbors
we're gathering the snuff from the
canisters. He tested the snuff for
himself, and discovered that the lire
had largely improved its pungency
and aroma.
It was hint worth protlting by.
He secured another shop, built lot
Of ovens, subjected the snuff to heat
ing process, gave the brand a partl-
cular name, and in a few years be-
came rich through an accident which
he at first thought had completely
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. It was noticed
that wherever the tracks were the
sugar was whitened. Experiments
were instituted, and the result was
that wet clay came to be used IN re-
lining sugar.
The origin Of blue tinted paper
came about by q mere slip OF the
hand.
The wife of William East, an Eng
fish paper-maker, accidently let a
blue bag fall into one of the watts OF
pulp. The workmen were astonlShed
when they saw the peculiar color OF
the paper, while Mr.. East was highly
mcensed over what he considered d
grave pecuniary loss. Her wife was
so much frightened that she would
not confess her agency III the matter
After storing the damaged paper
for four years, Mr.. East sent 1t tt