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August 7, 1885.] THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS 507 vice: “Go cautiously downhill at first.” The steering is very sensitive, and is more so when descending hills, or travelling at a high pace ; and to one who will be carrying any weight with him, a reliable brake is a necessary ad junct. Although, with a little ingenuity, quite a quantity of impedimenta may be carried on machines of this type, they do not appear so well adapted at first sight for it as the before-mentioned varieties, and in any case the tripod is a great bugbear, unless made to fold up to within two feet in length, when it is best strapped along the handle bars, as with the bicycle. As with the two-wheeler, too, a quarter-plate kit can well be conveyed in a “ multum- in-parvo” bag, strapped to the saddle and back-bone, and sizes up to half-plate may be taken on a right-angled frame, running out over the back wheel, and resting against the lower portion of the backbone, though, as weight placed here, whilst making the machine safer, renders the driving more than proportionately heavy, the best general position for the carriage of photographic material will be found to be the front of the machine. For this purpose the contri vance known as the Marriott luggage carrier is best adapted. It consists of a light frame sloping forwards and downwards some inches from the axle bearings, to which it is attached. At the bottom are supports, on which the goods to be carried may rest. A member of the Cyclists’ Photo-Exchange Club tells me he carries his 12 by 10 camera and all necessaries on a machine of this type very comfortably, so that it will be seen a good quantity can be carried when desirable. I need scarcely mention that when much is taken on in front, the saddle should be shifted a little farther back to counterbalance. With an automatically held brake, such as Carver’s (of Nottingham), which will hold the machine absolutely still, the camera can be attached to the handle bar by one of the several clips in lieu of stand, and this, indeed, is the most satisfactory form in which the tricycle can be made to play the part of the tripod, though of course, as I said before, there are many situations where its use is impracticable. The “ Coventry Rotary ” is yet another form of tricycle. It is a special make, having a distinctive form of its own, unlike any other in the market. To those unacquainted with it, I may explain that it has one large driving wheel on one side—the left—and two small steering wheels, set in line, one with the other, on the right, these steering wheels being connected by a long bar over five feet in length. For carrying a tripod of any length this tricycle is better adapted than any other variety ; and though the fact of its being a single driver makes it unsuited for carrying very heavy weights in the way of luggage, it is as handy a machine as I know for the lighter work of photography, its single driving is against it in wet weather, when the roads are soft and heavy, but then photographers do not, as a rule, select wet days for their operations in the field ; and though unsuited for very rough districts, its two-track properties make it an admirable machine for districts in which the stones lie in long lines, and in which ruts predominate. As my own operations in the field do not extend beyond the taking of half-plate pictures, I find it well suited to my requirements, and find that the best way I can carry my traps is to suspend the case containing them from the back of the saddle. I use no spring, and am in this respect singular; but spring users can easily attach to the bottom of the spring. The centre of the bottom of the case 1 secure with a strap round the lower part of the seat pin, whilst a couple of straps at the two corners pass round the cross tube of the frame, and brace the whole tight and firm. My tripod, when not a telescopic one—which is generally the case—is fastened with straps along the side tube; and I may here say that often, when fairly out in the country, and my telescopic stand once erected, I am simply rambling on “in search of the picturesque,” I just drop the tripod as it is along the side tube, secure with a turn of a strap or a handkerchief, and with my camera ready “ erected ” under my arm, am ready in a few seconds to “ fire away ” when a " thing of beauty ” presents itself. I may here describe my camera case, which, as it was specially constructed to my own ideas, and has turned out a success, may be useful to others. It measures 11 inches by 9 inches by 7 inches, and is oblong in shape, with slightly rounded top overlapping the sides some four inches, so as to effectually exclude both rain and dust; it is made of brown waterproof canvas. Two straps pass under it and up the back, being secured all the way. These are just the width to pass through the staples at the back of the saddle, by which it is suspended. Straps for fastening, as before described, are attached, and at each of the other corners are two loops, through which shoulder straps may be passed for pedestrian work. A strap handle at the top makes it handy to carry about. The interior arrangement is as follows. Five canvas partitions divide it into six compartments. The first two —2 inches and 1 inch in width respectively—contain the camera and base board. The third—3 inches wide—just holds my Lancaster changing-box, containing a dozen plates; or when I am not using this, it will hold two dozen spare plates in boxes, and several odds and ends, or three double dark slides, as I may require or desire. Partition four measures 2 inch in width, and carries the double dark slide belonging to the changing-box. The next is just wide enough to hold two double dark slides, or a box of plates, as the case may be ; and the. last, which is 2 inches across, contains one of Newton’s telescopic tripods, two lenses, pneumatic shutter, compound focusser, box of diaphragms, box of camera screws, &c. The divisions of the box are all arranged to come to within half an inch of the top, and in the space between the tops of these and the hd of the box, the folded focussing cloth fits and keeps all snug, the whole making about as complete and compact a kit as one could wish for a short trip out with a half-plate camera. The case was made to my drawings by Messrs. J. B. Brooks and Co., Criterion Works, Great Charles Street, Birmingham, and cost 25s. The entire outfit weighs from about 14 lbs. to 17 lbs., according to contents. So far I have spoken entirely of tricycles ridden by single individuals. There are, however, many forms of sociables and tandems, as the double machines are called, and many of these will be found really much more commo dious for photographic purposes, if the rider can find a companion of similar tastes to himself, willing to share his trip with him, and not grumble at his numerous stoppages. The division of labour, too, in these double machines, as well as the greater pleasure of company, cause them to be very desirable machines. Of the sociables, I will say that almost any amount of weight can be carried strapped on behind, whilst the width renders the carriage of the tripod a matter of no consequence. In selecting a make, the most serviceable as well as the handiest and safest, are those with a front steering wheel, and the principal suitable makes of these being the “ Meteor,” by Starley and Sutton, of Coventry ; the “ Premier," by Hillman, Herbert, and Cooper, of Coven try; the “Salvo,” by Starley Brothers, also of Coventry ; the “ Empress,” by Thomas Smith and Son, Holborn Via duct, London; and the “ Invincible,” by the Surrey Machinist Company, Limited, Great Suffolk Street, Lon don, S.E. As a rule, tandem tricycles, although among the fleetest of cycles, are not well adapted for the photo grapher, owing to the very limited amount of space com fortably available for the stowage of his paraphernalia. There are, indeed, very few tandems really suitable for his purpose, though these are admirably so, and in so saying, my thoughts roam to the “ Centaur F. S. Tandem,” by the Centaur Cycle Co., of Coventry, and the “ Spring field Tandem,” only just introduced by Singer and Co., both of which are thoroughly well adapted for the carriage
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