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- Titelblatt Titelblatt I
- Register Index III
- Ausgabe No. 1270, January 5, 1883 1
- Ausgabe No. 1271, January 12, 1883 17
- Ausgabe No. 1272, January 19, 1883 33
- Ausgabe No. 1273, January 26, 1883 49
- Ausgabe No. 1274, February 2, 1883 65
- Ausgabe No. 1275, February 9, 1883 81
- Ausgabe No. 1276, February 16, 1883 97
- Ausgabe No. 1277, February 23, 1883 113
- Ausgabe No. 1278, March 2, 1883 129
- Ausgabe No. 1279, March 9, 1883 145
- Ausgabe No. 1280, March 16, 1883 161
- Ausgabe No. 1281, March 22, 1883 177
- Ausgabe No. 1282, March 30, 1883 193
- Ausgabe No. 1283, April 6, 1883 209
- Ausgabe No. 1284, April 13, 1883 225
- Ausgabe No. 1285, April 20, 1883 241
- Ausgabe No. 1286, April 27, 1883 257
- Ausgabe No. 1287, May 4, 1883 273
- Ausgabe No. 1288, May 11, 1883 289
- Ausgabe No. 1289, May 18, 1883 305
- Ausgabe No. 1290, May 25, 1883 321
- Ausgabe No. 1291, June 1, 1883 337
- Ausgabe No. 1292, June 8, 1883 353
- Ausgabe No. 1293, June 15, 1883 369
- Ausgabe No. 1294, June 22, 1883 385
- Ausgabe No. 1295, June 29, 1883 401
- Ausgabe No. 1296, July 6, 1883 417
- Ausgabe No. 1297, July 13, 1883 433
- Ausgabe No. 1298, July 20, 1883 449
- Ausgabe No. 1299, July 27, 1883 465
- Ausgabe No. 1300, August 3, 1883 481
- Ausgabe No. 1301, August 10, 1883 497
- Ausgabe No. 1302, August 17, 1883 513
- Ausgabe No. 1303, August 24, 1883 529
- Ausgabe No. 1304, August 31, 1883 545
- Ausgabe No. 1305, September 7, 1883 561
- Ausgabe No. 1306, September 14, 1883 577
- Ausgabe No. 1307, September 21, 1883 593
- Ausgabe No. 1308, September 28, 1883 609
- Ausgabe No. 1309, October 5, 1883 625
- Ausgabe No. 1310, October 12, 1883 641
- Ausgabe No. 1311, October 19, 1883 657
- Ausgabe No. 1312, October 26, 1883 673
- Ausgabe No. 1313, November 2, 1883 689
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- Ausgabe No. 1315, November 16, 1883 721
- Ausgabe No. 1316, November 23, 1883 737
- Ausgabe No. 1317, November 30, 1883 753
- Ausgabe No. 1318, December 7, 1883 769
- Ausgabe No. 1319, December 14, 1883 785
- Ausgabe No. 1320, December 21, 1883 801
- Ausgabe No. 1321, December 28, 1883 817
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THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. 249 Of the four-years’ system, which undoubtedly is a great boon, inventive photographers will possibly take advantage, although we must confess that up to the present time photographic patents, with very few exceptions, have either proved abortive, or have been failures commercially. It is so difficult, for instance, to patent a process when the sub stitution of one material for another may enable the patent to be successfully infringed. It is not generally known that Daguerre patented his process in this country, but we are not aware that royalties were even paid by the early Daguerreotypists. Sir Henry Bessemer probably has had as much experience of the patent laws as anybody living, but when he invented his bronze powder, which laid the foundation of his fortune, he preferred keeping the process of manufacture a secret, to patenting it. In nearly every branch of applied arts and sciences there are trade secrets, and notably among photo-lithographers. Most of the photo-lithographers engaged commercially have “ dodges ” which they will not disclose for love or money, and certainly would never think of patenting. A very interesting discussion followed the reading of Mr. H. T. Wood’s paper on Wednesday night, but nearly the whole of the feeling of the meeting tended rather towards favouring the inventor, the introducer, or even the re-introducer of a process, than towards a fair con sideration of public rights. A. (examining the water-mark of a bank-note produced by fligraine.') Very clever, certainly. B. It is ; but what do you think the Bank of England says—that I have rendered myself liable to twenty years’ penal servitude! Think of that! A. Ah! but you wouldn’t get the twenty years really, you know ; they knock off one year in every five, as a matter of course ; and if you behave yourself, that is taken in mitigation of the punishment as well. By the way, it is not generally known that the wave water-mark belongs by charter to the Bank of England. You may print crooked water-mark lines, or zigzags, or circles, but you must not produce wavy lines on a docu ment. A difficulty recently arose with the General Post Office, which wanted to print its orders with transparent wave lines ; and this was only got over by the Bank of England doing the work for the Postmaster-General. Photographers know how dangerous is fuming gun cotton, that is to say, gun-cotton containing free nitric acid, which comes off in the form of heavy brown vapour. Although the material will dissolve well enough in ether and alcohol, the heating and spontaneous explosion of it is always to be dreaded; and for a similar reason, the chemists who examined the acid nitro-glycerine recently seized by the police would not hold themselves responsi ble for its safety, as if it were a well-prepared nitro compound. Plenty of water, made alkaline with a little carbonate of soda, was added to counteract the acidity, and this, photographers should note, is the best treatment for any fuming gun-cotton they may have in the labora tory. It is a moot point whether the gelatine or collodion pro cess is the more costly to the professional photographer. To some extent the question depends upon the extent of the business done. Where there are a large number of sitters, gelatine must be cheaper to use than collodion, since the loss of time in preparation is obviated, while its superior sensitiveness enables portraits to be secured when it would be useless to employ collodion. In a small business, and where large-sized plates are much in use, collodion may sometimes have the advantage. But against this economy in cost must be set the convenience of gelatine, and the power which the photographer has of concentrating his whole attention in the posing and arrange ment of the sitter. A suggestive book on the “ Principles of Physiog nomical Hair-dressing,’’ by Mr. Joseph Lichtenfeld, has just been published. Though addressed to hair-dressers, and through them to the public, it is of considerable interest to photographers, since it deals scientifically with the methods by which a face can be set off by the hair. Mr. Lichtenfeld lays down the dictum that “the chief factor which should regulate every other line of the coiffure is the top of the nose. If this be “ tip-tilted,” then the hair should be so dressed that the lines come as nearly as possible parallel with the lines indicated by the nose ; if the nose be downward in its inclination, then the reverse should be the case. Mr. Lichtenfeld gives numerous illustrations, which well carry out his theory. Photographers who have to yield to the dictates of fashion, however outrageous they may be, would be grateful if ladies would only study the “ Principles of Physiog nomical Hair-dressing,” and carry them out. Many a pretty face has been spoilt by the unsuitable arrangement of the hair; and the defects are never so glaring as when photographed. Those who are curious on the subject of Mr. Lichtenfeld’s book may see the principal illustrations in the Queen of last week, where they have been repro duced. Now that the vocal organs can be photographed, a possibility in the way of a photographic novelty is opened up. Photographs of the features of Patti, Nillson, Albani, and other queens of song, are eagerly bought by the public; why should they not also rush after photographs of the wondrous mechanism by which the fair vocalists have enchanted multitudes ? There is, unfortunately, the drawback, which Dr. Behnke pointed out, of the difficulty of keeping the tongue still (which must present a tremendous obstacle in the case of ladies); but much might be done by perseverance. Old Daguerreotypists must be possessed of a stock of curious stories of the ignorance of the sitters of thirty years ago. A correspondent who entered the profession in 1851 tells how, on one occasion, a lady and gentleman wished to be photographed together. When the arrange ments were complete, and the exposure about to be made, the lady observed that she had lost a child about three
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