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Show One ot tho commonest failings anions patentees ot invcnliona ia, that they lis their eyed wilh such concentration concen-tration upon the accomplishment of ono desired result, that ihey overlook; other essential matters connected with I the problems they are trying to solve. This waa the case with the unfortu- I uate manufacturer aud vendor of the i "Kenyon" tire escape, who ioct his; life in New York on Tuesday, while confidently engaged in an effort to demonstrate the perfect safety of tho apparatus. He and the inventor and -ill concerned hail been so intent ou ihe production of a light, portable, easy-working apparatus by which to osoape Irom roots and high windows' in case of fire, that they failed to see lhat the sharp edges of stoue or iron window-sills must cut through their wire cord when the weight and oscillating oscil-lating movement of a person descending descend-ing rasped the cord against tbe sill with a force due to tbe weight aud the motion. Tlieee were among the tirst elements lo be looked after in iuch an apparatus, but they appear to have been lost sight of altogether. |