Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-12-29
INVENTION Of CHANCE
eAYoNET DEVISED BY TROOPS
WHO HAD NO AMMUNITION.
How Argand Invented His Lamp and
Calico the Telescope with Acct.
dental Assistanee-Discovery
Of lithouraphy.

Inc bayonet is said to have derived
us name from the fact that 1t was
nrst made at Bayonne, and Its origin
illustrates the proverb, Necessity Is
the mother of invention"
n Basque regiment was hard
pressed by the enemy on q mountain
rldSe near Bayonne. One o; tho
soldiers suggested that as their am.
hluhltlon was exhausted, they should
iiX their long knives into the barrels
Oh their muskets. The suggestion was
acted upon. The first bayonet charge
was made, and the victory OF the
BaSquos led to the manufacture Of
the weapon 1T Bayonne, and its adop-
ton into the armies of Europe.
Not inlrequently an invention has
heen suggested by some trivial event
winch would have passed unnoticed
had not man with eyes and brains
seen It,
AlEand, poor Swiss. invented II
lamp with Il wick fitted into Il hollow
cylinder up which current OF air
was allowed TO pass, thus giving Il
supply OF OXYGEN to the interior as
wei rs 10 the exterior Of the circular
frame
at first Argand used the lamp with
out any chimney. One day he WAS
busy in his %OrkroOm and sitting be-
lore the burning lamp. Ills little
brother was amusing himself by plac-
ing Il bottOmless oil flask over dit
Gcrent articles Presently he placed
IL tho. nulEn nT IN Wi I.I,
instantly shot up tho long, circular
neck of the flask with increa ed bril-.
nancy. IL did more, Tor II flashed
into Argand's mind the idea OF the
lamp chimney. by which his inven.
ton was perfected.
Orc day the children of natch
spectacle maker We're playing with
some OF their fathers glasses before
the GoOr OF his shop. Setting two OF
the largest glasses together they
pccpcd through them ard 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 dhiant things appear close ut
| hand, saw at once what Il valuable
help il would be I'm studying the
heavens. He set to work, and soon
made the telescope.
An accident helped SeHefclder TO
invent photography. lie was sort
3 nj Lea, ,,f IN
verses and comedies. an actor, fid.
dtcr. Il painter. an cngraver and
J.! inter.
Ike worked at etching Oh copper, hut
the cOppCrsmith refused to let him
have any more plates unless be paid
cash lOr them. lie then tried to
utilize the old plates by rubbing OF
the ctchingS with soft limestone.
At Ian the copper became useless
through many rubbings. and ne tried
etching all the stone, Il plan that did
not work very well. Ono dag, while
he was polishing on stone which
IL int.nEcd to etch, his mother asked
him to write out a list of tho linen
which t2c laundrcss was waiting TO
carry ON. Not finding slip OF paper
or drOl.of ink, Seneieldcr wrote the
list on The stone with printing I'M;
prepared from wax. soap and lamD.
black. intending to copy II at his
leisure
few days later, when II" was
about TO wipe the writing f.O,m tho
stone, he thought no would learn what
would be the effect of writing with
the prepared ink on the stone. n fl
should hc bitten I'm with apIarOriis.
Iic biz away TO about the hundrcdih
part OF an inch, chgrE' Tho Ines
with lie ink. took several inn, agsious
OF the writing and discovered that
b. had invented the art Of Iithography.
--liarpCr's Weekly