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• Bandzählung: 29.1885
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1885
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OcTOBER 23, 1885.j THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. 687 e g 3 g t ( r 9 3 1 1 3 1 I > I could be made to give either warm or cold tones, it would be interesting to photographers for the Society to decide what the conditions were ; and he proposed a series of experiments to be carried out for this purpose. A Cowan : For warm tones use half citrate and half chloride, and no more heat than necessary to melt the gelatine. A. L. Hendebson thought it was a matter of indiference whether a blue or red colour was obtained in printing, if toning was resorted to afterwards. Some fumed papers printed blue, but would redden quickly enough if soaked in salt and water. W. M. AYREs recommended the use of platinum and gold for toning lantern slides ; he made, in separate bottles, stock solu tions of the chloride of these metals, the strength being 2 grains per ounce. For steel-black tones he used the former without dilution ; and for warmer tones, equal parts of the stock solutions were diluted with ten parts of water. After some further discussion on the properties of citrates and acetates with silver in gelatine, the members were invited to form themselves into a group around the Chairman in order that Mr. Henderson might expose some rapid plates under the ordinary conditions of gas lighting. Four exposures were made, 13, 15, 60, and 5 seconds respectively. Newcastle PHOTOGRAPHIC Association. An ordinary meeting of the Newcastle and Northern Counties Photographic Association was held in the Wood Memorial Hall on October 13th, Mr. James Downey presiding. The President, PROFESSOK HERSCIIELL, gave an interesting address on the progress made in the sciences having bearing upon the art of photography, including heat, light, optics, and chemistry, and the discoveries made in these sciences by Galileo, Kepler, Koger Bacon, Copernicus, Priestley, and others. He afterwards, by means of the limelight, exhibited a number of views, one of which was an excellent view, taken by Mr. Grey, of the Flying Scotchman train passing through Low Fell Station at the rate of sixty miles per hour. At the next ordinary meeting in November, a competition, mainly suggested by the President, will take place. Professor Herschell offers a naturalist’s camera and appliances as a prize for the three best pictures taken by a Vona fide amateur member of the Society. In addition, the members of the council offer, as a second prize, a piece of apparatus, value not to exceed two guineas. Bolton PIOTOGRAPIIIC Society. The October meeting was held at the Baths, on Thursday, the 8th inst., Mr. J. C. Sewell in the chair. After the minutes bad been read and confirmed, Mr. C. L. Jackson, Astley Bridge, was elected a member of the Society. The Hon. Sec. drew attention to the value and convenience of Marion’s new compressed pyro, and distributed samples to the members present. Time permitting, a lantern exhibition will be given at the November meeting. Leicester PHOTOGRAPIIIC Society. At a meeting held in the Mayor’s Parlor, Old Town Hall, on Wednesday evening, the 14th inst., Mr. S. S. Partridge in the chair, it was resolved to form a Photographic Society for Leicester and County, to be called “The Leicester and Leicester shire Photographic Society.” The following officers were ap pointed President—Mr. W. S. Hobson. Vice-2 , resident—Mr. George Bankart. Committee—Messrs. Toller, Sculthorp, Underwood, and Pochin. Treasurer—Mr. Sculthorp. Honorary Secretary — Mr. H. Pickering, High Cross Street. A code of rules was drawn up and submitted to the meeting seriatim, and, after a little discussion, agreed to unanimously, and ordered to be printed. A vote of thanks to the Chairman for his able assistance closed the meeting, which was adjourned until November 11th. Glasgow and West of Scotland Amateur Photographic Association. The first monthly meeting of the Winter Session was held in the room of the Association, 180, W. Regent Street, on Tues day evening, the 13th inst. ; Mr. Hugh Reid, President, in the chair. The following new members were admitted :—Miss Jessie Gib son, Robert C. Graham, Alfred H. Coulson, George Coulson, John Rennie, Thomas Taylor, Robert G. Paterson, Simon Cameron, W. T. Logan, and Robert Fraser. The Secretary then showed a sample box of Marion’s com pressed tablets of pyrogallic acid, which seemed especially con venient for development when away from home. As the rooms of the Fine Art Institute could not be had in December, it was agreed that the Exhibition be held in January. The President then read a short paper on « The Eastman Films” (see page 684), and showed some of the paper negatives, also prints from same, taken both before and after oiling. John R. Reid and Ralph Elder also handed round some of their results, which were very good. Some conversation ensuing, it was generally admitted that the films were very satisfactory results, but that the great objection was the oiling of the paper with castor oil. It was also thought that while admirably adapted for touring purposes, for studio work glass would still hold its own. Mr. Goodwin then repeated his demonstration on "Micro- Photography ” (see page 685), showing how interesting this branch of photography could be made for winter evenings, and costing almost nothing. Mr. Goodwin exposed and developed a couple of plates in a thoroughly satisfactory manner. These plates were developed by first soaking in pyro and then in am monia, &c., which he found gave excellent results without a trace of staining. After the usual vote of thanks, the meeting closed. Manchester Amateur Photographic Society. The usual monthly meeting was held on Tuesday evening, in the Technical Schools, Princess Street; the President, the Rev. H. J. Palmer, in the chair. Colin George Day, Heaton Norris, and R. O. Gilmore were elected members. On a discussion raised by Dr. Tatham, one of the Vice- Presidents, some valuable hints were given as to the quality and maximum quantity of light allowable in the dark-room. The Council had made arrangements at this meeting for an exhibition of lantern transparencies, and as this Was the first of its kind the new Society had held, there was a large attendance. Considerable interest was shown in the slides of the members, many of whom, having only taken up photography with the ad vent of the Society, were exhibiting their first attempt at picture making. From a photographic point of view the hundred and sixty pictures thrown upon the screen were, with a few excep tions, extremely good, and comprised scenes from the most picturesque parts round Manchester, as well as general land scape views, studies of animal life, copies, statuary, photo micrographs, photographs of the osteological specimens in the museum at Owens College by Mr. Ward, and a fine set of views from Switzerland, taken by the President. The following gentlemen brought slides for exhibition :— Messrs. Bathe, Flower, Graham, Duncan, Harrison, Hutchinson, Jameaux, Lane, Lomas, Roddis, Palmer, Stanley, and Ward. Every well-known maker of transparency plates found his exponent, the wet and the dry processes being pretty equally divided. Mr. R. B. Wilson manipulated his own lantern in an admir able manner, and at the close of the exhibition a cordial vote o thanks was accorded to him. A whole plate and half-plate, two new lenses of the rapid type, were shown by Mr. H. P. Aylward. Bristol and West of England Amateur Photographic Association. The ordinary monthly meeting was held (for September) October 14th, Col. Playfair, Vice-President, in the chair. Some preliminaries having been gone through, Mr. E. Bright man exhibited the Eastman Roller Slide and Paper, emphasising its excellent construction ; the careful manner in which every little dotail had been provided for ; the exact registering, so valuable a characteristic ; and the noteworthy lightness, an 8} inch by 6} inch containing a band sufficient for twenty-four pictures, weighing less than two double slides of light make, charged with four plates. Mr. Brightman exhibited a number of paper negatives and prints therefrom. Mr. Wright, who had also adopted the paper films and roller slide, brought some excellent examples for the inspection of the meeting, and remarked that there was a great deal in the oiling,