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156 THE FERROTYPE. ^ At last, placing my glass where there happened to be a stronger light reflected from its surface, I found, in a double reflection, the cause of all my troubles. The glass of the mirror and also of the small reflector being of very thick plate, it gave a reflection from both surfaces—from the front surface of the glass and from the silvered back surface. Of course, the reflection from the front or outer surface was faint, and only per- ceptible in the double outlines; yet, by no means at my command, could I remove or prevent it in consequence, I was forced to give up the mirror and glass reflector. My attention was next turned to a finely-polished metallic reflecting surface, but with no better success— in consequence, I think, of the difficulty, if not the im- possibility, of securing a perfectly plain surface by which I mean a surface so perfectly even and level as to reflect all rays of light in a direction exactly parallel. It will very easily be seen that any inequality, however small, in the reflecting surface, would destroy the image: and this I found impossible to overcome : and although I had been very sanguine when I first attempted the metallic reflector, I was forced to give it up as unsuitable or unfit for the purpose. The image reflected by one of these instruments would often be so blurred as to be undistinguish- able ; again, parts of the image would be perfect, but not all. This resulted, I found, from the inequalities of the metallic surface—such inequal- :
NON-REVEESED FERROTYPES. 157 ities being produced by the tool used in burnishing the metal—and thus I was forced to the conclusion, that until a metallic surface could be ground and polished in a manner similar to that by which glass is ground and polislied, the metallic reflector would not answer the purpose. Pursuing my experiments, I procured a very fine plate of Venetian glass, and attem])ted to have deposited thereon a coating of metallic silver, sufficiently thick and strong to receive a high polish, without being so thick as to allow the burnishing tool to cause inequalities of the surface. In this I also failed, and for a time I gave up the idea. About this time I conceived the idea of using a prism of glass, knowing that it had the power of reflection. Upon communi- cating my thoughts to a friend of mine, an opti- cian, he confirmed my impression, and offered to procure for me, from Paris, a prism of colorless glass of a suitable size for my purposes. Eagerly accepting his offer, I gave him the di- mensions of one large enough for a half-plate lens. The order was transmitted, and in due time my prism arrived from France. I had it fitted in a nice brass case, which was so arranged as to be screwed to the front of the camera tube in place of the usual shade. The brass case I caused to be lined with black velvet. With this apparatus I succeeded in producing Non- reversed pictures entirely su])ei'ior to any I had heretofore made. One great drawback, however, was the
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POSITIVE PHOTOGRAPHY. 15 libraries,
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THE FERROTYPE. 23 as a vehicle for
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THE FERROTYPE. 25 the meeting of th
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THE FERROTYPE GALLERY. 27 artist—
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THE GLASS ROOM. 29 shape and exposu
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THE GLASS ROOM. 31 " Combined " lig
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THE GLASS ROOM. 33 light, liowever
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THE GLASS ROOM. 36 and side light ;
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THE GLASS ROOM. 37 wood. (A good de
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THE GLASS ROOM. 39 Tliere should be
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THE GLASS ROOM. 41 and lias sold th
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THE GLASS ROOM. 43 are those made b
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THE GLASS ROOM. 45 the small or Gem
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THE GLASS ROOM. 49 ited in the choi
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THE DARK ROOM. 51 with alcohol. Set
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THE DARK ROOM. 55 water-tight. Afte
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THE COLLODIO>\ 57 tion to give, in
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COLLODION. 59 the same time perfect
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COLLODION. 61 Those that are genera
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COLLODION. 65 way without injury, e
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COLLODION. 67 can not be diminished
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8ILVEB. 69 CHAPTER YIl. SILVER. J "
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SILVER. 71 The different salts of s
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SILVER. 73 a metallic powder—with
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SILVER. 75 plosive force may be obt
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SILVER. 77 bath it is always best t
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SILVER. 79 through the solution. Fr
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SII.VER. e or iodide of silver they
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SILVER. 83 mouth bottle, and can be
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SILVER. 85 are varnished, and the b
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DEVELOPER AND DEVELOPMENT. 89 moved
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