Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1911-10-04
INVENTION Of CHANCE
6AYoNET DEVISED BY TROOPS
WHO HAD NO AMMUNITION.
How Arsand Invented His Lamp and
Calico the Telescope With Acct.
dental Assistanee-Discovery
Of LithoSraphy.

It's 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 2 mountain
ridge near Bayonne One OF the
soldiers suggested that as their am
munition was exhausted, they should
Xix their long knives into the barrels
OF their muskets. The suggestion was
acted upon. The first Uayonet charge
was made. and the victory OF the
Basques led to the manufacture OF
the weapon at 5ayonne, and It's adop-
ton into the armies OF Europe.
Not inIrequently an invention has
been suggested by some trivial event
which would have passed unnoticed
had not a man with eyes and brains
seen II.
AIgand, a poor Swiss, invented a
lamp with wick fitted into a hollow
cylinder up which current OF air
was allowed to pass, thus giving
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-
lore the burning lamp. His little
brother was amusing himself by plac-
ing bOttomlcss oil flask Ovel diff
fcrent articles. Presently he placed
IL upon the flame OF the lamp, which
instantly shot up the long, circular
neck of the flask with increased bril-.
liancy. II did more. for 1t flashed
into Argands mind the idea OF the
lamp chimney. by which his inven-
ton was perfected.
One day the children OF Il Dutch
spectacle maker were playing with
som" Of their fathers glasses before
the G0Or Of his shop Settling two OF
the :a!gcst 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 IathcT
TO see the strange sight lie looked
through the Glasscs and what he saw
suggested to him the possibility OF
constructing curious toy
Grii!,o. hearing ol the toy which
made dh.tant things appear close at
hand, saw at once what valuable
help II would be In studying the
heavens. fIe set TO work. and soon
made the telescope.
An accident helped SenefcIder TO
invent photography. lie was II sort
OF Jack trades. writer of
verses and comedies, an actor, a fd-
der. painter. an cngraver and
printer
lie worked At etching on copper, but
the COppersmith refused to let him
have any more Plates unless he paid
cash Tor them lie then tried to
utilize the old plates by rubbing off
the ctchinga with n soft limestone
Al laH the copper became useless
through many rubbings. and he tried
etching an the stone, II plan that did
not wor@ very well. One day, while
he VAS polishing OF Il stone which
he intcngCd to ctch. his mother asked
him to write out Il list of the linen
which t3c laundrcss was waiting to
carry OIL. Not finding a slip OF paper
ar dTOI.oi ink, Senefelder wrote the
list on The stone with printing ink
ETcpa cd from wax. soap and lamp
black. intending to copy Il at his
leisure
y lew days later, when he was
about to wipe the writing from the
stone, he thought he would learn what
would lie the effect OF writing with
the prepared ink on the stone. Il II
should hc bitten in with aqualortis.
lie biz away TO about the hundredth
part oi nm inch. charged Tho Ines
with the ink. took several impressions
OF In" writing and discovered that
he had invented the art of lithography.
-llarper's Weekly.