| Show LEARNED BY ACCIDENT the art of lithography first loam toma by a in muni or h on n le of the greatest discoveries ever aver mada mad was the result of the purest accident it was in the year 1708 the citizens citizen of munich had jut just witnessed the first triumphant performance of Mox Mozar tB arts opera don juan and the tha theater was deserted by all savia sava one man alois Sanne falder who after making a round of inspection in the building to see that no sparks had ignited anything combustible retired to hiardon to stamp the tickets of admission for the day following when he entered his apartments he had three things in his hand a polished polie hed whetstone which he had purchased for sharpening razors a ticket stamp still moistened with printing ink and a check on the treasurer of the theater for his weekly salary As AB he placed the latter upon the table a gust 01 ol wind swept it high up in his room and then deposited it in a basin filled with water dried the wet paper as aa well as he could and then weighted it down with the whetstone upon which he had before carelessly placed the printing stamp when he returned to his room the following mor morning ing he was astonished at seeing the letters printed with remarkable accuracy upon the dampened paper A thought camo came to him he wondered whether by some such moans means he could not as simplify his 1 I work word of continually CO copying the songs of the tha chorus he H 0 went out and purchased a u large stone commenced making experiments and as we all know discovered the art of printing from hwu ane o lithography |
