The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-09-09
ATAL DISCOVERIES.
MENTIONS THAT BROUGHT THEIR
|CRlelNAToRs TO THE GRAVE.

entinc Secrets That Have Been
tried with the Men who Pos
Cssed Them and That Were the
uses of Their Tragic Taking on.
be maxim which states that silence
plden has cost the world some OF
greatest discoveries of modern
y, for not few of the inventors
se names would have been handed
n TO posterity as public benefac-
have been killed by their secrets
fe they would consent to divulge
. TO their fellow beings.
1895 all Europe was startled by
discovery OF a new explosive called
nnite, which, II was believed,
vi reyolotionize modern warfare.
fas the invention of an Exeter
ltist named Sawbridge. and sam
| O of the explosive which were test
II the government revealed the fact
Its power was three times greater
that OF cordlte and In conse-
&c IL would treble the range OF a
bullet. The German government
pd Sawbridge 10000 for his in
on, which he patriotlcally refused
the home authorities had had the
option OF purchase. But just as
after were about TO seal a con-
with him the news came that his
htory had been blown up and him
Nwith IL. Unfortunately he left
ecords whatever, and although
y OF the leading experts OF the day
tely examined the debris they
TO discover the secret, which is
bly lose forever.
mt half century ago an italian
. C named Luigi Taranti discovered
hod Of making stained glass, the
Dg of which was declared equal
At made by the ancients, whose
- has been lost Taranu aban-
holy orders and set TO work 10
te the hundreds OF commissions
eived in the secrecy Of his work
At Ostia. near Rome. The finest
d glass windows In Italy were
by him, and he guarded his Sc
ell, for when n year later he was
dead Of blood poisoning, set up
- pigments he employed, 1t was
I Kd that he had carried his secret
him. The cleverest workmen
alled in TO examine the ingredi-
but they one and all failed TO
ate the dead mans secret.
person who could make compo-
Il billiard balls equal to those of
would quickly qualify as a mil
e, and 1t is not an impossible
Tor 1t has already been done.
n eyears ago n Scotch manufacture
composition billiard balls on the
which were as good at but
third of the price of those al
In use. He refrained from pat
his invention and made all the
Uhmself, even his family being
ri ted from sharing his secret.
0st as he was beginning to taste
dts of his experiments he was
mortally wounded by an acci.
m his workshop and died before
III make any statement. EX-
ere given specimens of the balls
Tze, but In spite of the fact that
icceeded In tracing the materi-
! they have long since given up
s OF being able to discover how
ne put together.
My man who has yet been sue
in taking photographs In color
martyr to his discovery, the
VI which is lost. Some years
Herbert Franklin OF Chicago
= ed a number OF eolOred photo
OF somewhat crude nature,
nd ne-to the leading American
institutions, and the eneour-
he received was such that
Liza ; himself laboratory, proof
the wiles of spies, at n cost
m 70, wherein to perfect his in
TIC In the preparation OF his
used a charcoal fire, and one
n at work he omitted to open
lators and was found asphyx-
le had refrained from divulg-
ecret to any one, and In con-
although some partially fin
ates that hid the secret re-
the way they were prepared
lem that has bafiied scientists
ay.
Z victim to his secret was
the inventor of talllum, the
discovery in the metals of the
rs was confident that metal
produced which, although as
teel, was only half Its weight
and after five years expert.
With an electrical process tai
- ! the result. The invention
up throughout America. and
thousands OF tons OF the
an TO pour In from the lead
ny companies.
vas too late. The enormous
strain he had undergone,
nth the sensation OF finding
within his grasp, took away
. and he was confined in an
He left no records TO explain
50, and no amount of per-
rev the secret from him,
ished locked up In his brain
.n years later he died a help
IA c.-London Tit-Bits.