The ferrotype and how to make it - The Grian Press

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THE FERROTYPE.
tank made perfectly water-tight and resting on
the floor; the top is partly covered. On the left,
at A, is a shelf for plates ; C represents the posi-
tion of the collodion bottles, F the bath disli, the
top of which projects through the cover of the
sink, the box resting on a shelf below in the tank.
At E the holders rest on an inclined shelf, some- ^
thing like the; top of a desk. The plate, having
been coated with collodion, is placed in the bath
at F; taken thence when coated, and placed in the
holder at E, from wlience it is taken to be ex-
posed. After exposure it is removed from the
holder and developed over the funnel B by the
vSolution in bottles at G. After development
it is washed under a faucet, which is over and
between B, the funnel, and G, the developer shelf;
it is then dipped in the cyanide bath at D (this
bath should always be kept covered except when
in use); the plate is again washed carefully and
taken out to finish. Across the side opposite
the tank, and across the end, are shelves under
which are closets. The tank extends from the
floor to a convenient height for developing over,
and should be so constructed, in order that it may
hold all the water likely to be used in one day
a waste-pipe passes through the side or end about
nine inches or a foot from the top, and bending
down extends in that direction to within three or
four inches of the bottom. In this pipe outside
the tank, should be a stop-cock ; the hole where
it passes through into the tank should be made
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