Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-12-04
INVENTION Of CHANCE
BAYONET DEVISED BY TROOPS
WHO HAD NO AMMUNITION.
How Argand invented His Lamp and
Calico the Telescope With Acct
dental Assistance-Discove
of Lithoaraphy.

The bayonet is said to have derived
Its name from the fact that 1t was
first made at BayOnne, and its origin
illustrates the proyprb. Necessity Is
the mother of invention"
a Basque regiment was hard
pressed by the enemy on mountain
ridge near Bayonne. One Oi the
soldiers suggested that as .hci: am
munition was exhausted, they should
fix their long knives into the barrels
OF their muskets. The suggestion was
acted upon. The first bayonet charge
was made, and the victory OF the
Basqucs led to the manufacture OF
the weapon at Bayonne, and its adop-
ton into the armies of Europe.
Not inrrequently all invention has
been suggested by some trivial event.
which would have passed unnoticed
had not man with eyes and brains
seen II.
AlGand. a poor Swiss. :nTan;cd
lamp with wick fitted MtO a hollow
cylinder up which current oi air
was allowed to pass, thus giving a
supply OF oxygen to the interior as
well as to the exterior OF the circular
frame.
AT first Argand used the lamp with
out any chimney. one day he WAS
busy In his workroom and sitting be-
fore ihc burning lamp. Ills little
brother was amusing himself b. Plac-
ing hOttOmlcss oil flask over dit
fereui articles. Presently he placed
II upon the fame of the lamp, which
instantly shot up the long. circular
neck OF the flask with increased bril-
iiarCY. IL did more, tor II flashed
into Argand'S mind the idea Of the
lamp chimney. by which his invcn-
ton was perfected
O"e day the children o. Dutch
spectacle maker were playing with
some Of their fathers g'as%cs nrlore
the GoOr Of his shop. Setting tWU OF
the largest glasses together they
pecped through them and were sur.
priSCd 10 see the weather cock of
the opposite church brought close to
their eyes. They called their father
to see tn" strange sight. lie looked
through the glasses and what h. saw
suggested to him the possibility of
constructing a curious toy.
Calico, hearing Ol the toy which
made distant things appear close at
hand, saw at once what Il valuable
help II would be in studying The
heavens. lie set TO work, and soon
made the telescope.
An accident helped SencICldcr 10
invent lithOgIaphy. lie was sort
OF Jack-oi-all trades, writer OF
verses and comedies, an actor, a fid-
dler, painter. an cngraver and u
printer
He worked at etching on copper, but
the copDcrsmith refused 10 let him
have any more plates Uu!n.S he paid
cash Tor them. lie th.n tried to
utilize the old plates by rubbing OF
the etching with a soft limestone.
AT lasr the copper became useless
through many IubbirgS, and he tried
etching an the stone. plan that did
not wora very well. One da?. while
he was polishing on Il stone which
he intenECd TO CtCh, his mother asked
him 10 write out list OF the linen
which tSc Iaundress was waiting tn
carry Of. Not finding slip OF paper
or droI,of ink. ScneicIder wrote the
list on The stone with printing ink
Prepared from wax, soap and lamp.
black. intending to copy IL at his
! leisure
y few days later when he was
about to wipe the writing from Tho
stone. lie thodght he would learn wGot
would be the effect OF writing with
the prepared ink on the stone. II #
should I've bitten In with aquarortjs
lie bit away TO about tho hundrcd,b
part OF an inch, charged fhn jiues
with the ink. took several Impressions
OF the writing and discovered that
he had Invented the art of Iithographv
--IIarDer's Weekly.
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