Patents for Inventions: Abridgements of Specifications Relating to PhotographyPt. I. [A.D. 1839-1859] (1861) -- pt. II. A.D. 1860-1866 (2nd ed., 1872) -- pt. III. A.D. 1867-1876 (1878) -- pt. IIIa. A.D. 1877-1883 (1885). |
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Page 9 - ... point; the picture should remain in the bath about ten minutes, and be then washed in warm water, and dried. By this means, the picture is rendered more permanent and transparent, and its lights become whiter. After undergoing the above operation, the transparency of calotype pictures may be increased, by causing melted wax to penetrate into the pores of the paper.
Page 11 - THESE improvements consist in rendering the Daguerreotype picture susceptible of producing, by printing, a great number of proofs or copies ; thereby transforming it into a complete engraved plate. The process is established upon the following facts, which have come to the knowledge of the inventor : — 1. A mixed acid, composed of water, nitric acid...
Page 1 - ... uppermost. Under the plate is placed a lighted lamp, which is to be moved about, so that the flame shall act equally upon all parts. When the plate has been submitted to this operation for about five minutes, (or until the heat has acted equally upon all parts of the plate,) it will be perceived that the surface of the silver has obtained a whitish tint or coating, and then the action of the heat must cease.
Page 52 - ... gelatine and alumina. This material is prepared in the form of slabs, for the photographer's use, in this way : The tablets or slabs are composed of gelatine or glue in its natural state, and are immersed in a bath of alumina, which is held in solution by sulphuric or acetic acid ; by this means a complete combination takes place between the alumina and the gelatine or glue.
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| Title | Patents for Inventions: Abridgements of Specifications Relating to Photography Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Photography: The World through the Lens Patents for Inventions: Abridgements of Specifications Relating to Photography, Great Britain. Patent Office |
| Author | Great Britain. Patent Office |
| Publisher | Patent Office, 1861 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 27 Oct 2006 |
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