Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-12-02
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 Lithosraphy.

The bayonet is said to have derived
its name from the fact that IL was
first made at Bayonne, and it's origin
illustrates the proVprb. Necessity is
tE@ mother OF invention"
Basque regiment was hard
pressed by the enemy on q mountain
ridge near Bayonne. One OF the
soldiers suggested that as their am
muniti0n 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
Basqnes led to the manufacture OF
the weapon at Bayonne, and its adop-
ton into the armies OF Europe.
Not inrrequently an invention has
been suggested by some trivial event
which would have passed unnoticed
had not man with eyes and brains
seen 1t.
Argand, a poor Swiss. invented a
lamp with a wick fitted into a hollow
cylinder up which current OF air
was allowed to pass. thus giving a
supply oi oxygen to the interior as
well as to the exterior of the circular
frame
Al first Argand used the lamp with
out any chimney. One day he was
busy in his wOrkroOm and sitting be-
fore tie burning lamp. Ills little
brother was amusing himself by plac-
ing a bottOmIess oil flask over 1il
ferent articles. Presently he placed
II UPON the flame of the lamp. which
instantly shot up the long. circular
neck o; the flask with increased bril-
.ianCy. II did more, for II flashed
into Nrgand's mind the idea Of the
lamp chimney. by which his invcn-
ton was perfected.
One day the children OF Batch
spectacle maker were playing with
some OF their fathers glasses before
the Goor OF his shop Setting two OF
the largest glasses together they
pecped through them and were sur
prisCd to see the weather cock OF
the opposite church brought close to
their eyes. They called their father
to see the strange sight. lie looked
through the glasses and what he saw
suggested to him the possibility of
constructing curious toy.
Calico. hearing Oi the toy which
made distant things appear close at
hand. saw at once what Il valuable
help II would be in studying the
heavens. He set to work. and soon
made the telescope.
An accident helped Sencfeldcr to
invent photography. lie was sort
OF Jack.of.all trades. writer or
verses and comedies. an actor. a fid-
der. Il painter. an cngraver and
printer
He worked at etching on copper, but
the CupYCrSInith refused TO let him
have any more plates unless ne paid
cash for them. He then tried to
utilize the old plates by rubbing off
the etchings with soft limestone.
AT last the copper became useless
through many rubbingS, and he tried
etching on the stone. a plan that did
not worh very well. One day, while
he was polishing of "a stone which
he intenpcd TO ctch, his mother asked
him to write out list Of the linen
carry Of, Not finding slip OF paper
or dro1,of ink, Senerelder wrote the
list on The stone with printing ink
II epaTcd from wax. soap and lamp.
black. intending to copy II at his
leisure
a few days later, when he was
about 10 wipe the writing froE The
stone. he thought he would learn what
would he the effect OF writing with
the prepared ink on the stone. II IL
should lie bitten In with aquafortis.
lie bit away to about the hundredtb
part OF an inch, charged tho lires
with the Ink. took several impre%sious
OF the writing and discovered that
he had invented the art of lithograpby
-Harpers Weekly