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THE PHOTOGRAPHIC NEWS. May 28, 1880.J Uhe Photographic Zluy 28, 1880 decomposed by the constant saturation, and or set up, especially if the pictures adhere toge On the other hand, a machine which is designed to print rapidly may do it at the expense of breaking up the fibre of the paper, and thus bring about a similar result. Hand labour, however, in a large establishment is almost impossible, and machines, we fear, are a necessity. Photographing hy Phosphorescence.—The simultaneous experiments of Mr. Warnerke, Lieut. Darwin, and Mr. W. Bedford in regard to the production of negative and trans parencies by means of the light transmitted from a luminous surface, such as Balmain’s phorphorescent paint, furnish a curious example of unconscious coincident working, each gentleman being unaware that the others were experimenting in a similar direction. Perhaps we shall soon hear of someone else who has also hit upon the same idea. We believe the results of Mr. Warnerke's experiments were recorded in a packet which he sealed and gave into the keeping of the President of the Photographic Society, with the request that the packet should be kept until asked for. The object of the request was that, as Mr. Warnerke was about to pro ceed to Russia, he was anxious to place on record the exact date when he made the experiments referred to. Of course neither the President nor the Council knew what the packet contained, and no doubt the circumstance caused some little speculation. Whether guesses were hazarded that Mr. Warnerke, whose fertility of invention appears to be inexhaustible, had at last solved the problem of photo graphs in natural colours, or had discovered the process of transmitting a portrait from Cheapside to Chicago, and so cut out half-a-dozen or more rival inventors, we are unable to say ; but certain it is they were not kept long in suspense, for shortly after Mr. Warnerke had obtained the President’s promise of inviolability he again waited on the Council and asked, in fulfilment of the engagement, that the packed should be delivered. The fact was the mysterious packet contained, as we have, said the records of the experiments with a phosphorescent surface. Mr. Warnerke, when he heard what Lieut. Darwin and Mr. W. Bedford had been doing, had no alternative but to make the contents public. And thus what might have been made into a pretty little romance of science was spoiled. Still Mr. Warnerke has reason to be thankful even for small mercies. Had Lieut. Darwin and Mr. Bedford kept their secrets until after Mr. Warnerke’s departure from this country it would have been still more annoying. Post Mortem Photographs.—Post Mortems,’’ as they are technically called, are about the most disagreeable things which a photographer can be called upon to perform. The ordinary professioual engagement of this kind, unpleasant enough as it is, is nothing compared to the terrible task of photographing human remains for identification. What dreams of “horrid shapes and sights unholy ” must the operators who went through the horrors of photographing the unhappy victims of the Princess Alice disaster have had, were they at all nervous or imaginative ! The official whose ghastly office it is to photograph the swollen and disfigured bodies which form so repulsive an exhibition at the Morgue must have nerves of iron, or in the glpomy recesses of the dark room he could not go on day after day deve loping hideous pictures, any one of which is enough to “ appal the guilty and make mad the free.” In Paris, the authorities seem to carry the practice of photographing dead people to an almost unnecessary extent. A poor little child who was brutally murdered and mutilated some short time since was photographed, though there was no doubt as to identity. In the case of the most recent of the numberless Thames mysteries, the discovery of the mutilated remains of a boy at Battersea, there is ample justification, since the identification of the body may lead to the discovery of the murderer. Even such an undertaking as this must be a gruesome office, and we hope that the photographers who have sufficient self- control to execute this and similar tasks are well paid. PHOTOGRAPHY IN AND OUT OF THE STUDIO. Photographic “Technical” Meetings—-PRINT-WasmIG Machines—PHOTOGRAPHINa by PHOSPIOEESOLNCE—Post Mortems. Photographic “ Technical ” Meetings.— 1 " Technical ” meet ings of societies, while occasionally difficult to report, and therefore to those not present apparently bald and uninterest ing, are generally of great importance, and should be en couraged. The “technical ” meetings of the South London Photographic Society are always looked forward to by the members, and are rarely, if ever, disappointing. Apparatus upon which a man has spent much time, and which perhaps he regards as perfection, is sometimes, when put in competi tion with others, found not to be quite so perfect as the inventor fondly imagined ; and though it must be somewhat galling to discover that you have thrown money and time away, yet there may be some consolation in pointing out some defect even in the apparatus which has distanced your own. On the other hand, weak points which have been overlooked may be remedied by some one coming fresh to the invention and examining it for the first time. It is obvious that “technical ” meetings cannot be conducted in exactly the same manner as those where papers are read. Without a practical examination of any new form of appa ratus it is sometimes difficult to understand its working, and therefore almost impossible to discuss its merits. For this reason it would be almost better on such occasions as at the last meeting of the Photographic Society, when a number of instantaneous shutters were shown, if half an hour before the meeting was devoted to a practical examination of the various inventions by the members, so that they would come to the discussion of the subject with a full knowledge of the rela tive advantagesand disadvantages of the various apparatus. It so happened, fortunately, that on the occasion referred to, this end was in effect gained, the discussion being adjourned. Print-Washing Machines. — While on the subject of technicalities, might we suggest whether it would not be advantageous if a practical demonstration of the various print-washing machines could take place? There is certainly a difficulty in the way with regard to the water supply, and we doubt whether the proprietors of the Gallery in Pall Mall would care to lay on the water specially for the pur pose, though it is possible, if the night were a moonlight one, the fountains in Trafalgar Square, close handy, might be utilised. We cannot, however, realise the picture of the respected president seated in state on one of the lions while the rival machinists performed. We are inclined to think that the entire spectacle would be too much for the ubiquitous London boy, who would be bound to lend his assistance. Reluctantly, therefore, wo abandon the notion of apractical demonstration. But theoretically, and in a dry state, why should not some kind of competition take place? A washing machine is, it is true, a little more cumbrous than an instantaneous shutter, but this drawback could surely bo overcome. Seriously speaking, the subject of the best and most complete method of washing silver prints is a most important one, and none the less so because it has occupied the attention of the photographer since the very earliest days of the art. Nearly every man has his own pet notion as to the best method. Those who like to take matters easy use the machine, trust ing to the manufacturer’s word that it is efficacious ; others swear by the old method of hand labour; one believes in running water, and soaking all night long; a second declare this is ruination, and will only hold that a print is per fectly washed when the washing can bo completed with as many changes as can be crammed into half an hour. For ourselves, we are not disposed to believe certainly in the trustworthiness of any particular washing machine. The self-acting apparatus which necessitates long washing is certainly not te be recommended, as the paper is likely to be
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