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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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In
his
latter
years,
while
he
resided
in
Glasgow,
his
health
failed,
and
he
was
struck
with
paralysis
in
the
legs.
The
massive
forehead
once
pregnant
with
the
fire
of
genius,
grew
dull
and
slow
of
thought,
while
the
sturdy
frame
of
iron
hardihood
became
a
tottering
wreck.
He
was
removed
to
the
Home
for
Incurables
at
Broomhill,
Kirkintilloch,
where
he
died
on
January
2,
1877,
and
was
interred
in
the
Old
Aisle
Cemetery.
He
was
a
widower,
and
had
two
children,
but
they
were
said
to
be
abroad
at
the
time,
the
son
in
America
and
the
daughter
on
the
Continent.
Several
of
Bain's
earlier
patents
are
taken
out
in
two
names,
but
this
was
perhaps
owing
to
his
poverty
compelling
him
to
take
a
partner.
If
these
and
other
inventions
were
substantially
his
own,
and
we
have
no
reason
to
suppose
that
he
received
more
help
from
others
than
is
usual
with
inventors,
we
must
allow
that
Bain
was
a
mechanical
genius
of
the
first
order--a
born
inventor.
Considering
the
early
date
of
his
achievements,
and
his
lack
of
education
or
pecuniary
resource,
we
cannot
but
wonder
at
the
strength,
fecundity,
and
prescience
of
his
creative
faculty.
It
has
been
said
that
he
came
before
his
time;
but
had
he
been
more
fortunate
in
other
respects,
there
is
little
doubt
that
he
would
have
worked
out
and
introduced
all
or
nearly
all
his
inventions,
and
probably
some
others.
His
misfortunes
and
sorrows
are
so
typical
of
the
'disappointed
inventor'
that
we
would
fain
learn
more
about
his
life;
but
beyond
a
few
facts
in
a
little
pamphlet
(published
by
himself,
we
believe),
there
is
little
to
be
gathered;
a
veil
of
silence
has
fallen
alike
upon
his
triumphs,
his
errors
and
his
miseries.
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