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- 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
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- 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
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- Ausgabe No. 1303, August 24, 1883 529
- Ausgabe No. 1304, August 31, 1883 545
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- Ausgabe No. 1308, September 28, 1883 609
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- Ausgabe No. 1311, October 19, 1883 657
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- 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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584 THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. [SEPTENIBER 14, 1 83. Zotes. The British Association meets next week at Southport. We commence this week a short series of practical articles on Woodbury type and its recent developments. The Committee of the Belgian Association have issued their official list of awards at the recent Exhibition. Mr. H. P. Robinson, of Tunbridge Wells, who receives the gold medal given by the King of the Belgians, has, we learn, been complimented in most flattering terms by His Majesty. Mr. Donkin, for whose magnificent pictures of Alpine scenery a medal was awarded by the Photographic Society, has, during the last few weeks, accomplished a daring feat— that of ascending the Dent du Geant, in the Mont Blanc chain, with his camera. He has succeeded in securing several photographs from the summit of the mountain, which will be looked forward to with interest at the Photo graphic Exhibition next month. There is a Society for photographing Old London, as most of our readers know, but that is no reason why photo graphers, whether professional or amateur, should not take pictures for themselves, for profit or pleasure, of the many interesting features that still abound in the metropolis. Some of these were summarised by a contemporary a few days ago, and as sight-seers, our American cousins especi ally, are never tired of tracing the spots mentioned by Swift, Fielding, Smollett, Goldsmith, Thackeray, Dickens, &c., photographs of them should certainly be interesting. Thus, we are told, visitors to London may be met, guide book in hand, trying to find out the grimy chambers where Pip and Herbert Pocket lived, which was Mr. Grewgrious’ door in Staple Inn, and the locality of the Sponging house in Cursitor Street that Colonel Rawdon Crawley visited so frequently. Search is made for the particular house in Russell Square where Amelia Sedley was born ; for the house in which Dr. Johnson lived in Gough Square and took tea with Mrs. Thrale ; nay, foriegn tourists have been known to wander up and down Fetter Lane looking for a likely house in which Captain Lemuel Gulliver may have lived after his return from Lilliput. Leicester Square is a favorite pilgrimage, for round about may be found buildings hallowed by association with Sir Isaac Newton, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Dr. Oliver Goldsmith, and other worthies. Photo graphers in town have, consequently, plenty of interesting subjects for the camera, if they delight in historical London. Bitumen of Juda, the sensitive material with which Nicephore Niepce produced his first permanent photo graph, has recently been analysed by Delachanal, who tells us that it contains about 3'14 per cent, of sulphur; on distillation the bitumen yields oils having a close analogy with those obtained from crude petroleum, while a certain amount of paraffin is also produced. Nineteen candidates applied for the post of obserer on Ben Nevis, the appointment being conferred upon M. R. T. Omond, of Edinburgh University. The post is nt an enviable one, for the observer, in his three-roomed louse which is now building, is scarcely likely to see much :om- pany, at any rate in the winter. Next year, however, the barometrical and thermometrical records will be kep by photography, whose ever-watchful eye neither nods nor sleeps. Von Bibra, well known for his photo-chemical researches, publishes in the Gewerbe Zcitung a safe and rapid plan of cleaning pictures, which may be useful to some of oir readers. Remove the frame, and dust the surface with brush or feather, after which pass a sponge moistened i spring water over it. Cover the picture next with t shaving soap lather, which does not easily dry, and in ten minutes wash off again with a brush and as little water as necessary. When dry, rub with a clean rag moistened in nitro-benzine or artificial oil of bitter almonds, substituting a fresh rag occasionally, and not desisting from the process as long as the rags get dirty. Treatment with fine olive oil, and afterwards with a quick drying varnish, will revive the colours if dull. Our contemporary Engineering deplores the fact that we are no farther advanced in the matter of light-measure ment than in the time of Herschel. An unit of actinism or of solar radiation is still an unknown quantity, albeit actinometers abound on every hand. This, by the way, was Herschel’s view of the matter:—“The abstract unit of solar radiation to be adopted in the ultimate reduction of the actinometric observations is the acline, by which is understood that intensity of solar radiation which, at a vertical incidence, and supposing it wholly absorbed would suffice to melt one-millionth part of a metre in thickness from the surface of a sheet of ice, horizontally exposed to its action per minute of solar time.” Herschel, however, never went so far as to put this way of measur ing an actine into practical shape. The United States Government launched last month a vessel—the Mbatwss— that has been specially built for deep sea exploration and surveying. It is lighted through out its ’tween decks by electric light, and its cabins are specially devoted to the work the vessel is destined to ful fil. Four state rooms afford sleeping accommodation for the scientific staff, and there are two laboratories, a photo graphic dark-room with lead-lined sinks, furnished with running water, chemical store-rooms, &c. The Albatross is the first craft ever built specially for scientific labour and research afloat. The Patents Bill, the principal features of which we have before alluded to, has now become law. There have been several minor modifications introduced in the Bill during its passage through Committee, but the leading ideas remain the same—that is, the reduction of fees, and the appointment of an examiner. Concerning the reduc tion of the fees—from £150 to £45—the payment of
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