Ngenkulungwane ye-19, umyili wemipu onesiphiwo uWilliam Cantelo wathimba abantu ngobuchule bakhe obumangalisayo. Noko ke, ibali lakhe latshintsha ngendlela engaqhelekanga xa wathi shwaka ngequbuliso, eshiya ngasemva imibuzo engaphendulekiyo. Amahemuhemu kunye nentelekelelo yajikeleza, ecebisa ukuba uCantelo unokuba waphinda wavela phantsi kwesazisi esitsha njengoSir Hiram Maxim, umqambi owaziwayo weMaxim Gun. Ngoko, kwenzeka ntoni kuWilliam Cantelo? Ngaba ngokwenene lukho unxibelelwano oluyimfihlo phakathi kukaCantelo noMhlekazi uHiram Maxim?
Umqambi okrelekrele: uWilliam Cantelo
UWilliam Cantelo, owazalwa malunga no-1838 kwi-Isle of Wight, wayeyinjineli enesiphiwo owathi wafumana ukuwongwa ngendalo yakhe entsha ngeminyaka yoo-1870. Wayenevenkile kwisitalato saseFransi eSouthampton, apho wayekwasebenza njengomnini-ndlu we-Old Tower Inn. Ngaphantsi kwendawo yokusela, uCantelo wayenendawo yokusebenzela efihlakeleyo engaphantsi komhlaba, efikeleleka ngetonela. Iindwendwe ezazize kule ndibano ziye zanikela ingxelo yokuba ziye zanikela ubungqina ngoomatshini abakhethekileyo, abafana “noomatshini bokukhanya abangaqhelekanga,” “iiglowusi ezidumayo,” nezixhobo ezingaziwayo.
Oonyana bakaCantelo, ababekwangamanjineli, bathelela noyise kwindawo yokusebenzela. Usapho lwaziwa ngokuhlala bodwa kunye nemfihlo egadiweyo ejikeleze umsebenzi wabo. Abahlali babedla ngokuva ingxolo engaqondakaliyo ephuma kufutshane ne-Old Tower Inn, ivuselela umdla wokufuna ukwazi ngezinto ezenziwa lusapho lakwaCantelo.
Ukunyamalala kukaWilliam Cantelo
Iimeko ezingqonge ukuduka kukaCantelo ekupheleni kowe-1880 zihlala zigutyungelwe yimfihlelo. Iingxelo ezingqubanayo zibonisa ukuba ukhe wathabatha iholide eyandisiweyo okanye wabonwa ekugqibeleni engena kwindawo yakhe yokusebenzela efihlakeleyo ngaphambi kokuba anyamalale engakhange afumane mkhondo. Amanye amangqina ade athi ambonile uCantelo enyamalala kumsi okhatshwa lithaphu lezibane.
Ukongeza kweli yelenqe, kwatsalwa isixa-mali esikhulu kwiakhawunti yebhanki kaCantelo emva kokunyamalala kwakhe. Usapho lwakhe lwaqesha umphandi wabucala ukuba amkhangele, owathi wamfumana eMelika. Nangona kunjalo, umkhondo uye wabanda, kwaye akuzange kufunyanwe bungqina bubambekayo bendawo akuyo uCantelo.
UHiram Maxim ontsokothileyo
Ngowe-1881, umvelisi waseMerika ogama linguHiram Stevens Maxim wafika eUnited Kingdom, esithi uneminyaka engama-41 ubudala. UMaxim weza naye uthotho lwezinto eziqanjiweyo, ezibandakanya iMaxim Gun, umpu wokuqala wehlabathi ophathwayo, ozenzekelayo ngokupheleleyo. Ukongeza, uMaxim wayephethe amalungelo awodwa omenzi wezixhobo ezahlukeneyo zoomatshini, ezifana nezitshizi zomlilo, imigibe yeempuku, iintsimbi zokuphotha iinwele, kunye neempompo zomphunga.
Ukufika kukaMaxim kunye noluhlu lwakhe olumangalisayo lwezinto eziqanjiweyo zatsala ingqalelo kunye nodumo. Nangona kunjalo, yayilibango lakhe lokuqulunqa i-lightbulb eyabangela umdla ngakumbi, njengoko yayicela umngeni kwikhredithi kaThomas Edison eyamkelekileyo ngokubanzi malunga nokuveliswa. Usukelo lukaMaxim lwezenzululwazi lwandiselwa ngaphaya kwemida eqhelekileyo, kuquka novavanyo lokubhabha okunamandla kunye neengqinisekiso ezinesibindi zokuphuhlisa itekhnoloji yothungelwano.
Ukudibanisa okungaqhelekanga kunye nokudibanisa
Iyelenqe liqina xa oonyana bakaCantelo befika kumfanekiso kaHiram Maxim. Behlaselwe ukufana okungaqhelekanga phakathi kukaMaxim kunye noyise wabo olahlekileyo, baqiniseka ukuba uMaxim, enyanisweni, uWilliam Cantelo ophila phantsi kwesazisi esitsha. Iinkcazo zompu kaMaxim nazo zichaza ukufana naleyo intsapho yabo yayisebenza kuyo.
“Ngenye imini, uCantelo wabhengeza oonyana bakhe – nabo bangoononjineli – ukuba ulufezekisile ubugcisa bakhe obutsha. Yayingumatshini wompu, isixhobo esasisebenzisa amandla okudubula okuphindisayo ukulayisha imbumbulu elandelayo. Yayiza kudubula ngokuqhubekayo de iimbumbulu zaphela. Yayiyinguqu epheleleyo.”—BBC
Bezimisele ukutyhila inyaniso, oonyana bakaCantelo bazama ukuqubisana noMaxim. Baye bafikelela kuye, kodwa uMaxim wayichasa intuthuko yabo, esithi basuka eMelika kwaye bekhanyela naluphi na unxibelelwano kwi-Isle of Wight, apho usapho lwakwaCantelo lwaluvela khona. Oku kwala kwasebenza kuphela ekuqiniseni inkolelo yoonyana ukuba uMaxim nguyise wabo olahlekileyo, njengoko kuphela amalungu osapho asondeleyo ayeyazi imvelaphi yabo ye-Isle of Wight. UMaxim wenqabile ukudibana namakhwenkwe, ebashiya nemibuzo emininzi kuneempendulo.
Teleportation??
Njengoko uphando ngokunyamalala kukaCantelo kunye noqhagamshelwano noMaxim luqhubeka, kwavela iinkcukacha ezinomdla. UMaxim wayekhe wakhalaza ngaphambili malunga nomkhohlisi ozenza yena eMelika. Esi sityhilelo sakhokelela ekucingeni ukuba uCantelo usenokuba wayephila ubomi obumbaxa, esebenzisa iteknoloji ye-teleportation ukuhamba phakathi kwezazisi kunye neendawo.
Amabango kaMaxim ngetekhnoloji ye-teleportation, edityaniswe nobungqina obuxhasa ubomi bakhe bangaphambili e-United States, yabangela inkolelo yoonyana yokuba uyise wabo ngandlel' ithile wayenobuchule bokuzithumela ngomnxeba. Ukufana phakathi kompu womatshini kaCantelo kunye nokuveliswa kukaMaxim kuye kwaqinisa ngakumbi imfihlelo.
Ityala likaWilliam Cantelo noHiram Maxim alikasonjululwa, lisishiya sinemibuzo emininzi kuneempendulo. Ngelixa abanye besithi ukunyamalala kukaCantelo kusenokuba kwakunxulumene nemigudu yakhe yokuthengisa umpu wakhe, abanye bathelekelela ngezinto ezifihlakeleyo okanye iidrama zobuqu ezabangela ukuba abushiye ubomi bakhe bakudala. Inyaniso inokusiphepha ngonaphakade, ikhuphe ibali likaWilliam Cantelo kunye noHiram Maxim ummandla weemfihlelo ezibangela umdla.
Ukufa kukaHiram Maxim
Njengoko izigidi zabafana baseYurophu babexakekile bedubulana ngoomatshini de babulalana kwiMfazwe Yehlabathi I, umyili wesixhobo wafa, indoda esisityebi kunye neqhawe lombuso, ngoNovemba 24, 1916 (eneminyaka engama-76 ubudala). Wangcwatyelwa kumangcwaba asezantsi eLondon. Ilitye lakhe lesikhumbuzo elikhulu nelinomtsalane alinayo inkcazo yento ayiqambileyo. Kodwa igama lakhe libhalwe ngoonobumba abakhulu - uSir Hiram Maxim.
Amazwi okugqibela
Imeko engaqondakaliyo kaWilliam Cantelo kunye noMhlekazi uHiram Maxim inika umbono wehlabathi lokuyila, lokunyamalala, kunye nobomi obuphindwe kabini obunokwenzeka. Iimeko ezintsonkothileyo ezingqonge ukubhanga kukaCantelo kunye nokunyuka okwalandelayo kukaMaxim kunye notshintsho lwakhe oluyimpucuko luye lwaxhokonxa iingqondo ezininzi. Ukufana phakathi kwala madoda mabini, ukufana komsebenzi wabo, kunye namabango e-teleportation yongeza umaleko owongezelelweyo wobuqili kwibali. Njengoko ityala lihlala lingasonjululwanga, lisishiya sicinga ngekamva likaWilliam Cantelo kunye nesazisi sokwenyani sikaSir Hiram Maxim.
Emva kokufunda ngetyala eliyimfihlakalo likaWilliam Cantelo noHiram Maxim, funda malunga Ukunyamalala okumangalisayo kukaLouis Le Prince, kwaye emva koko ufunde malunga ne UFulcanelli - i-alchemist eyanyamalala emoyeni.
