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Il h tr town, hdiscoveries have been made
t. s'norhinguable inventions suggested oy
5h street, ,eriest accidents. An alchemlst,
s. GpHile seeking to discover mixture OF
earths that would make the most our
:. able crucibles, one day found that ne
had made proclaim. The power OF
Z lenses, as applied to the telescope was
discovered by q watchmaker's appren-
tiee. While holding spectacle glasses
between his thumb and finger he was
startled at the suddenly-enlarged ap-
nearance of neighboring church
spire.
The art of etching upon glass was
discovered by Nuremberg grass.
cutter. By accident few drops OF
aouafortis fell upon his spectacles' ne
noticed that the glass became corrooeu
and softened where the acid hao
touched it. That was hint enough. he
drew figures with varnish, applied the
eorrording fluid, then cut away tne
GLASS around the drawing. When the
varnish was removed the figures ap-
peared raised upon dark ground
N1ezzotinty owed its invention TO the
simple accident of the gun-barrei OF g
sentry becoming rusted with dew.
The swaying to and fro of chanoe-
,ier in a cathedral suggested to Calico
the application ofthe pendulum. Inc
art of lithographing was perfected
through suggestions made by accident
A DOOR musician was curious to know
whether music could not be etcneo
upon stone as we'll as upon copper.
After he had prepared his slab his
mother asked him to make memor-
andum of such clothes as she proposed
to send away to be washed. Not having
pen, ink and paper convenient he wrote
the list on the stone with the etchlng
preparation, intending to make copy
of at leisure. A few days later, when
about to clean the stone. he wondered
what effect AQUA fortis would nave
upon it. He applied the acid, and IN a
few minutes saw the writing standing
ont in relief. The next step necessary
was simply to ink the stone and take
off an ink impression. The composition
ofwhich printing rollers are mace was
discovered by Salopian printer. Not
being able to find the pelt ball he lnked
the type with piece of soft glue,
which had fallen out Of aglue pot. LII
was such an excellent substitute that,
after mixing molasses with the glue, to
give the mass proper consistency, the
o'd pelt ball was entirely discarded.
The shop ofa Dublin tobacconist, by
the name of fLundyfoote, was destroyed
by fire. While he was gazing dolefuily
into the smouldering ruins he noticed
that his poorer neighbors were gather
ing the snuff from the canisters. he
tested the snuff for himself and found
that the fire had largely increased its
pungency and aroma. 1t was hint
worth profting by. He secured another
: shop, built lot of ovens, subjected the
snuff to heating process, gave the
brand particular name, and IN a few
wears became rich through an accident
which he at first thought had COM
pletely ruined him.
The process of whitening sugar was
discovered in curious way. A hen
that had gone through a clay puddle
went with her muddy feet into sugar
house. She left her tracks on pile OF
sugar. 1t was noticed that wherever
her tracks were the sugar whitened.
Experiments were instituted, and the
result was that wet clay came to be
used in refining sugar.