The photographic news

• Bandzählung: 29.1885
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1885
• Sprache: Englisch
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• Vorlage: Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig
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560 THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. [August 28, 1885. was too great for any but long-focussed lenses to attempt. A closer approach, although it did. not improve the picturesque effect, enabled all to direct their cameras upon it, with, it is hoped, the best results. Beyond this point the scenery increases in grandeur and sublimity until the second fall is reached, or, rather, it should be called a succession of falls, three of them forming one very beautiful and effective picture. As time was passing all too quickly, it was found impossible to do more than reach the next fall, which proved the crowning feature of the day. In this case the full beauty of the fall could only be taken in on a near approach to it, forming in miniature a combination of Stock Ghyle and the Staubbach. Thornton Force, as it is called, may be roughly described as of crescent form, the rocky wall which bounds it being from forty to fifty feet high, splintered and cleft in many places, mottled over with a rich growth of fern, moss, and lichen, and tinged with many a hue. The water pours over the summit at one place in a broad attenuated sheet, in another it issues from a deep fissure with a graceful bend, and at various other points in jets which literally sparkled as the full blaze of sunlight shone out at intervals, lighting the whole up into a perfect fairy-like scene. Some few feet above the rock recedes, leaving a broad ledge with room to circulate behind the whole series of falls, which are received into a basin dotted over with boulders and fragments, among which the water foams and gurgles as it pursues its course in a gradually narrowing bed. It was now time to beat a hasty retreat, but in the brief epitome of what was seen and done during this short ramble (under two miles in length), enough was gathered to feed the imagination for many a day ; and if it be true, as our guide averred, that the other glen was no less beautiful, and with a beauty all its own, then it may be said, without exaggeration, that Ingleton possesses charms which will not fail to attract the members of this and kindred societies to its hitherto little- known and well-nigh inaccessible recesses. Ualk in Hje Studio. The Anthropological Congress which is shortly to be held at Rome will have a curious feature in the shape of a collection of seven hundred skulls of criminals, numbered and classified. To these will be added the photographs of 3,000, and the brains of more than 150 convicts, thousands of autographs, poems, sketches, and special instruments, the work of criminals ; an album containing a record of 700 observations, physical and moral, on 500 criminals and 300 ordinary men. There will also be graphic maps of crime in Europe with reference to meteor ology, food, institutions, suicide, &c.; tables of the stature of criminals in relation to the length of the arms, and of crime in towns compared to that in the country. M. Bertillon will ex hibit the graphic curves of 23,000 recidivistes examined in twelve parts of the body, and the practical results obtained. Photo graphs of Russian political and other criminals, especially of those from Moscow, and wax masks of a large number of cele brated criminals, will also be exhibited. All the notabilities in the science of criminal anthropology will take part in the Con gress.—Nature. ERRORS in the Exhibition Official Award List:—Suter’s Lenses and Eastman’s Exhibit. — Mr. Gotz writes as follows Suter’s lenses have been awarded the silver medal at the International Inventions Exhibition, his name having been accidentally omitted in the list published by the London Gaiette.'’ The Secretary of the Jury Commission has for warded the following to the Eastman Company :—■ “ South Kensington, S.W., Aug. 17th, 1885.—Gentlemen,—The words ‘ and for films ’ were accidentally omitted at the end of the sub ject of your award, and the error shall be corrected in the next edition of the award list.—I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, H. T. Wood, Secretary to the Jury Commission.—The Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company, American Section, No. 2588, 1. I. E.” The QUEEN and Photography.—Sir Henry Ponsonby, by the commands of the Queen, has forwarded the subjoined letter to Mr. W. J. Anckorn, Photographer, Arbroath, thanking him for photographs received. “Sir Hanry Ponsonby has received the Queen’s commands to thank Mr. W. J. Anckorn for sending the photographs which accompanied his letter of the 10th inst. Her Majesty is unable to accept these photographs, but will purchase them, and Sir H. Ponsonby is desired to ask Mr. Anckorn to be good enough to send three more copies of each photograph, mounted on thin cardboard, and an account for all the copies.” Photographic Club.—The subject for discussion at the next meeting will be on “Halation in its Different Forms.” Satur day afternoon outing at West Drayton, train from Bishop’s Road at 2.6. See page 552 for the notice of dinner to celebrate the coming of age of emulsion photography. Uo orespondents. *,* We cannot undertake to return rejected communications. J. H. G.—1. The name of the maker is not familiar to us, and we cannot give you any definite notion as to the value of the telescope —but probably more than a sovereign. 2. A mixture of the finest jeweller’s rouge and alcohol, applied with a soft wash leather. 3. Cyanide of potassium solution—20 grains to the ounce of water; but as there is some risk of completely spoiling the negatives, you should make as good a transparency as possi ble before treating with the cyanide. James BAMFORTH.—We have no additional information to give you except to mention that the forms are one penny each. J. V.—The picture will enlarge very well indeed, and is a very striking and successful one. We shall be pleased to use it as a supplement, if you will let us have a short account of your expe dition, to issue in the same number of the News. For reproduc tion, we require a rather less vigorous print, but including all the details; and, moreover, the print should not be on tinted paper. We have not your address. T. E. H. B.—No reference to the article has appeared in the editorial part of the News, and we cannot admit a discussion as to the statements which have appeared in the advertising pages. If you consider the matter of sufficient importance, you should in sert it as an advertisement. H. Howard.—1. In an acid solution it will speedily make the gelatine insoluble. 2. Dilute ammonia. 3. Yes; but as far as our experience goes, there is no advantage in doing so. F. J. B.—It shall be done. Enquirer.—It is difficult to judge without knowing all the circum stances ; but your best way will be to write to the Exhibition authorities on one hand, and to the Secretary of the Photographic Society on the other hand. A. R.—Thank you very much. Do not think we have forgotten the matter ; but it, like other things of interest, stands over for the present. F. W. E.—Perhaps you can get it from Marion, Soho Square ; but there should be no difficulty in preparing it yourself if you follow the directions in Abney’s “ Instruction in Photography,” pub lished by Piper and Carter, price 3s. 6d. WM. M.—The idea may be a good one from a business point of view ; but do you really think that you are justified in calling any kind of silver prints permanent ? W. S. (ZINco.)—We know of no method in which the necessity for making a negative is done away with; but you will find the best information on p. 770 of our volume for 1882. You can re fer to it at our office. W. N.—It is an oxidation [product of pyrogallic acid, which i8 slowly formed, even in the presence of the alkaline sulphite. Not withstanding all that has been said, it is better not to keep the solution very long after mixing. 2. It is advisable to make it slightly acid, as in the other case, because under these circum stances the solution will keep much better. Uge 49hotographie Hlebs. 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