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[Schnitte]

@Fretful_Porpentine

Did this happen in wartime? No

Did it happen in the nineteenth century? Twentieth? Twenty-first? Earlier? In the 19th

Would it help to know the format of the message? If yes:

– Written on paper?
– Spoken message delivered in person?
– Spoken message delivered via technology (radio, telephone, audiotape, etc.)
– Telegram?
– E-mail / text / other electronic communication? It was written on paper

Was the thing that was invented or discovered a creative work, like a song or movie? It was not a song or movie, but I think one can call it a creative work

See above.

[Biotop]

So the discovery has to do with how the message was delivered, not the specific content of the message?

[Schnitte]

@dirtball

Was the message late because the sender experienced a delay in sending it? Yes
Was it late because the messenger and/or delivery service experienced a delay in transit? No, the delay had occurred earlier, at the point of sending it out
Was it late because the recipient was not available to take delivery in a timely manner? No, see above

Was the message sent via the postal service (of whatever country or countries)? No

See above.

[Schnitte]

The discovery went beyond both the content of the message and the way it was delivered. To be more precise (I think this is what you’re getting at), the discovery was not a new way of communicating messages.

[Biotop]

Was the discovery made to deal with the reason the message was not delivered?

[dirtball]

Was the recipient of the message the person who made the discovery?
Or was it the sender?
Someone else?
Was the discovery technological in nature?
Medical?

[Schnitte]

No to that one.

[Schnitte]

@dirtball

Was the recipient of the message the person who made the discovery?
Or was it the sender?
Someone else? It was the sender who made it
Was the discovery technological in nature?
Medical? Neither technological nor medical

See above.

[dirtball]

Was the sender trying to ask for financial assistance?

[Schnitte]

No to that one.

[Zyada]

Was the sender the author of the message, or was the sender just passing along the message?

Was the reason it wasn’t sent as intended due to a shortage of some kind?

(BTW, you have the correct meaning of conveyance)

[dirtball]

Was the sender trying to ask the recipient to provide something other than money?
Was the sender trying to report on something that would be of interest to the recipient?

[Fretful_Porpentine]

Is the content of the message relevant at all? Or could this have happened in more or less the same way regardless of what the message was about?

Would it help to know more about the recipient?

@Fretful_Porpentine

Was the thing that was invented or discovered a creative work, like a song or movie? It was not a song or movie, but I think one can call it a creative work

Let me rephrase that. Was it a literary / artistic / musical work of any sort?

[Schnitte]

@Zyada

Was the sender the author of the message, or was the sender just passing along the message? The man was not the author; he was passing along someone else’s message

Was the reason it wasn’t sent as intended due to a shortage of some kind? Yes

See above.

[Schnitte]

@dirtball

Was the sender trying to ask the recipient to provide something other than money? No, the message was not to ask the recipient for anything
Was the sender trying to report on something that would be of interest to the recipient? I’m not sure I would use the word “report”, but the receipient surely had an interest in the message

See above

[Schnitte]

@Fretful_Porpentine

Is the content of the message relevant at all? Or could this have happened in more or less the same way regardless of what the message was about? The content is relevant. If the message had been about someting entirely different, the events would not have happened the way they did.

Would it help to know more about the recipient? Yes

@Fretful_Porpentine

Was the thing that was invented or discovered a creative work, like a song or movie? It was not a song or movie, but I think one can call it a creative work

Let me rephrase that. Was it a literary / artistic / musical work of any sort? I don’t think any of the words “literary”, “artistic” or “musical” would commonly be used to describe what the man invented or discovered as a result of his failure to deliver the message

See above.

[Ana_Byrd]

Did it lead to the invention of some kind of device?
If so, was it a communication device? Telegraph? Telephone?

Did it lead to the invention of a form of transportation?

Edit: Was the message itself about an invention? And was the recipient a patent office?

[dirtball]

Was the recipient in any way in a position of authority over the sender?
Was the sender in a position of authority over the recipient?
Would the message have been written in English?

[Schnitte]

The invention was not a device, much less a communication device. The message was not about an invention (neither this one nor another), and the recipient of the message was not a patent office.

[Schnitte]

@dirtball

Was the recipient in any way in a position of authority over the sender? No
Was the sender in a position of authority over the recipient? In a way. The sender had no command authority over the recipient, but he was in a position where he could make something happen that the recipient had an interest in
Would the message have been written in English? Yes

See above.