The photographic news

• Bandzählung: 6.1862
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1862
• Sprache: Englisch
• Signatur: F 135
• Vorlage: Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig
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THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. [Feb. 14,1862. not without interest. With the photographic plane-table, we can, as pointed out by M. Gay Lussac, reproduce scenes passing simultaneously at different parts of the horizon : for example, we can obtain, without the possibility of error, as pointed out by M. Benoit, in his report, the positions of an army on a field of battle during the principal phases of an engagement. Then, again, in a besieged place, what facili- ti s it affords for surveying from some elevated site, a church to wer, for example, the movements of the enemy, and trans- mitting them to the army of relief to guide its operations. It does not enter into our plan to speak of the commercial apj lications of this instrument, of the anamorphic proper ties of the sweeps of the horizon, of the restoration of the parallels of the verticals by mirrors, either cylindrical or conical, nor of the curious geometrical results which are given by this kind of anamorphosis. • W must be equally silent on its application to the taking he panorama on the external surface of a fixed cylinder or a t rism, the reverse of the operation described above. We an only refer a moment to another application of the photographic plane table, the happiest, which promises in the future the most astonishing results, viz., its utility in the geodesy of an unknown country. And M. Faye him- self, when he so warmly praised the geodesic operations of M. dAbbadie, in Ethiopia, doubtless pleaded the cause of M. Chi vallier’s ingenious instrument without intending it. For what took M. d’Abbadie so much difficulty and courage to perform during many long years, the photogra ph.:' plane-table gives with the greatest facility, so that the traveller takes care to number his proofs successively of the sweeps f the horizon, then he can, after two or three years or more, of travel through an unknown country, construct very exact maps at his leisure ; in a word, the new work man presented to us by M. Chevallier is always ready for work, and only asks to make the tour of the world. The utility of photography in a military point of view has recently been approved by a decree, which proposes that nootl ■ instrument should be employed beside the camera obsc u ra; now we have an instrument which, without sacri ficing any of the properties of the camera at the same time gives ns very correct measurements, it is quite natural the re fore, that the photographic plane-table should attract the attention of scientific men, and that it should be pro- nosed as the type of military photographic instruments, and that therein M. Chevallier should find a first recom pense for his labours and sacrifices. The principle of the instrument remains unchanged, altl oush since its first appearance it has undergone many important improvements, has been simplified in its me- chanism,and rendered lighter and more portable. We hope on a future occasion to give a detailed description of the instru ment, with diagrams, and a plan of the front of the citadel of Arras, made from materials furnished by the plane-table tire proofs furnished by fixed sectors, together with special instructions for using the instrument, and on the application of the proofs for producing successively topographic plans, orographic maps and geographic charts. Critical Vlotices. THE JAPANESE: THEIR MANNERS AND CUS- TOMS; with an account of the general characterics of the Country, its manufactures and natural productions. By Thomas CrARK WESTFIELD. London; Photogbapuic N bws Office, Paternoster Row. The substance of this work was originally delivered as a lei tore at the Marylebone Scientific and Literary Institution. It contains a careful resume of the best information which various explorers have contributed respecting a country and p ople, regarding whom so little has been, until recently, knowi, notwithstanding the great interest attaching to them. The literary portion of the book is characterized by STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS OF PARIS. London Stereo scopic Company, Cheapside. The London Stereoscopic Company have just issued a further series of Mr. England's admirable stereographs of Paris, instantaneous and otherwise. Of the instantaneous street scenes, it is only necsssary to say that they surpass, if possible, in definition and detail, his former pictures. Some of the subjects are somewhat crucial tests of instantaneity ; here, for instance, in No. 91 is a regiment of infantry, five abreast, with fixed bayonets, marching towards the camera; every detail in every part is rendered without the slightest confusion. Here also in No. 101, “Halles Centrales,” is a busy market-scene, containing a surging crowd of many hundreds of bustling moving people, all perfectly detailed. Many of the subjects are very perfect as pictures, altogether apart from their interest as instantaneous views. Of these we may mention No. 10C, a view in the Rue Royale, with natural clouds, which is a most charming composition, and a fine clearness and modesty. The subject has been carefully studied, and is stated with lucidity and brevity. Its espe- claim to the attention of photographers is, that besides being written by a photographer, it is illustrated by a series of very choice photographs, consisting of stereoscopic views of the country and people. These have been selected with considerable judgment from the series of Japanese slides published by Negretti and Zambra. As photographs, they are very good: much better than we have frequently seen produced in a tropical climate, being soft, delicate, and full of detail as well as brilliant. The subjects cannot fail to be very interesting, including, as they do, a variety of charac teristic scenery and native portraits. A group of “Japanese Ladies,” in winter costume, especially please us ; one of the faces possesses a placid sweetness, which, despite the Tartar type of features, the costume, &c., we should call beautiful. The work is very handsomely got up in small quarto : it is well printed and handsomely bound ; and the photographs are on tinted mounts with ample margin. Altogether, the volume will adorn worthily the drawing-room table. THE PRACTICAL ELOCUTIONIST : an extensive Col lection of Recitations, selected and arranged expressly for School use; with a few plain Rules for Inflection, Modu lation, Gesture, and Action, and Rhetorical Punctuation. The principal positions illustrated from Photographic Studies taken expressly for this Work. By C. H. Pinches, Ph. D., M. A., &c. London : Kent & Co. The especial claim which this work appears to have on our attention arises from the fact that the illustrations are from photographic studies taken expressly for the purpose. These illustrations, which have been engraved on wood from the original photographs, are very valuable, and will convey to the youthful student a more apt idea of the value and effect of graceful and appropriate position and action than many chapters of mere description. There is something very satis factory in the photographic truth of drawing in these diagrams, in contradistinction to much of the stiff and con ventional which so often characterizes, or used to charac terize, similar illustrations. Having examined the part of the volume which at first glance claims our attention as associated with photography, we find on further examination, that the work is as complete and valuable in every department as it is in illustration. Notwithstanding that we cherish an affectionate remem brance of the “Murray’s Reader,” the “Enfield Speaker,” and the still older “ Scott’s Elocution ’’ of our school-days, we are constrained to admit that the book before us is a vast im provement on these works, both as regards the simplicity and clearness of the instructions and rules appertaining to elocution as an art, and the choice selection of pieces in prose and poetry for practice. The book will be a treasure to an intelligent schoolboy, and is a valuable work of refer ence for the library.