Show OWED SUCCESS TO CHANCE accidental discovery enabled man to build machine that simplified diamond separation A young man in the kimberley diamond mines had been experimenting for months in n an in effort to find a way to separate diamonds from other stones BO so as to eliminate the tiresome tedious hand picking process ills ilia et of forts and labors had all been in rain vain but be refused to be discouraged and adhered to his purpose one day he was working at bis his bench when a small diamond and a garnet happened to be lying on a board before him in some way he tipped upped the board at such an angle that the two stones rolled together toward the edge it happened that there was a small grease spot on the board and when the diamond reached it it was stopped and held while the gar net passed on and fell over the edge wondering whether this had been a mere accident or whether the grease possessed the peculiar property of at tr trading acting diamonds and allowing other stones to pass over it he tried again and again with the first diamond and with various others and found that it a board were coated with grease and vibrated slightly while held in an in dined position the diamonds placed on it would be caught and held by the grease while all of the ether stones would roll off he at once set to work and as a result of his accidental discovery soon built a machine which was a success from the very begin ning in a short time it was doing all of the work that had formerly been cone lone by hand saving considerable time and expense in the operation pathfinder |