New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-30

the lens alone being q inches in diameter the cost Of
the apparatus $500 We are told TINS mo largest
perfect lens ever made yet the manu'ac'nrer expects
sbotv IN nroduce another, which will be q inches in d
ameer The opticians Of Munich though renowned Tor
their skill have yet succeeded IN making lens with
out Jaw Of the size at present IN use mere e price o
Of the kind in ordinary use, varies with Its quays
.or,o beng sold as low as s5 and ranging up to $50
r. Of procurng portraits varies in some slight res
o, in different establishments, but we believe the follow
inc the method adopted by our best operators plate
composed of copper and silver in proportion oi SIX
,eenb Of the latter and the remainder oil te iormer he
silver being on the surface is brought 10 Sh state OF
noisb by the use of rottensone rouge NC luis theh ga
vanized thus receiving fine coat OF pure gaVahc snVe
when il is reposhed, and thea submitted 10 primary
coating of the fumes Of dry iodine ana also Oh ooe OF
other acceleratng compound having oe'h o"ieiu"y
Shaded from the light is then placed in camera OF
obo.tic lens through which the reflected rays of the
Gun on the sitter are transferred to the plate when chrys
,I;oon takes Mace No impression, however, VIII be
,o un the Mate be submitted to the heated fumes OF
mercury when the picture stands boldly iorl Dguefeo
TYNE being nothing than an amaganaon OF mercury
and silver The application of wash oil hypoSuphte de
soda neutrases and the remaining chenicns AFTER
which comes the most important part OF the proceSs-tha'
o securing the impression upon the plate when was ds
covered by Fizeau in lsi5, till which time daguerreotype
esons were merely transitory. tmay be described as
onamelne or gliding The plate is covered with solution,
consisting of chloride of gold hyposulphte de Soda and
aer which worked upon by Me agency OF heat hxes the
coors of the picture beyond the possibility OF their fading
To establish this fact have the authority OF the eminent
Laraday who declares that daguerreotype properly gded
no .is process can never be naturally erased and could
only be removed by the application of acids or some other
agent The time usually occupied in what IS generally
called taking likeness is from fifteen to twenty seconds
,d unwards vet we witnessed few days since, in the
laboratory of Mr. Williamson, of Brooklyn, new method
nv which perfect picture taken by the aid OF gal
vanc battery in one second but the process Is unpro
teced by patent not at liberty to
In addition to what we will call the Daguerreotype
roner inst described are other processes which
have been more or less successful and popular the prnc
nal bepp the Daguerreotype ivory the Crayon Daguer
reotvpe the Cameo Daguerreoype the Daguerreoype IN
oil the Tslbotype or Calotype, the Crystaotype &c
The Daguerreotype Ivory, introduced by Mr. Brady,
we believe consists in the substitution OF the material IRON
which derives its name in the place of metal plate and
the photographic image is then transferred to painter IN
oil coors This process which its beauty as much TO
the skill of the artist the fidelity of the Dagueeoype
is very much admired The Daguereotype IN Oh Is pre-
csey the same as the above with the exception of an ord
narily prepared metal plate being used in the place OF
ivory.
The Cravon Daguerreotype is the invention of Mr. j. A.
Of obtaining il is very simple. Over hoop is stretched
piece of white paper half of which removed leaving the
remaining half in the form of crescent This hung in
frame upon pvos and placed between the sitter and Ca
mera in such that the lower portion OF the image
is cut off from the spectrum. During the exposition OF the
Mate the screen made Oscate backward and forward
Instead of the ordinary back ground white one used,
This is most beautiful style of Daguereotype.
The Cameo Daguerreotype is almost the reverse OF the
The hea1 in liphta
dark and ndistinct the portrait being prominent as in
cameo cut picure When well executed presents very
tasteful appearance
The multiplicity Of visitors that anticipated at the
coming Exhibition being actively provided for by
leading Daguerrean artists, whose handsome galleries
abundany prove that hitherto they have not sought the
smiles Of the public in vain In addition to the temptation
Of elegantly furnished rooms provided with papers and
illustrated works to while away the edum of inevitable
deay different disposition of the skylght is attempted in
one establishment an improved camera in another
relv new process in third, and so Among other
pernents of principal operators has tried the effect
of skyght of buegass under the impression that po
re would be thereby improved but owing to the variety
Of nts in the glass ITSELF the plan has been found mprao
cable and accordingly abandoned Nevertheless if in
few cases unsuccessful it is such attempts these that
have been the mean, of bringing the Daguerrean art in
this country to a perfection of which may justly be
nroud and we trust That enterprise and activity have
lately Witnessed in this branch of industry will this year
meet again with an abundant public patronage.
We anticipate that the Exhibition will add fresh aurels to
those which already grace Daguerrean rumph as we
learn that large space has been reserved for leading
artists and we may in all confidence look forward to dis
play superior to that in Hyde Park as we have two
years longer experience to guide us.
We cannot do better than close article with the words
of foreign writer enthusiastic admrer of the Photo
graphic art
Aided by the Stereoscope what may not expect to
see realized Every halowed to memories by
its associations with human progress in all its varied phases
NAV he revived before eyes all the truthulness Of
nature From the East may copy the temples and the
tombs which tell the story of strange but poetic creed
Assyra and Egypt may disclose their treasures to those
who cannot travel to survey Them in such form that all
doubt ftheir authenticity must vanish The harmonious ee
oance of the remains of Greece and examples of Roman ar
nav thus be easily collected and preserved and every time
honored Europe may be brought home and made to
minister to our pleasures-instructing and refining
tastes and teaching all the mysteries of the beautiful be-
hind which as under the shelter of zephyrwOven VEIL
NAV survey all that good and gaze upon the oushsdow
ing of the Divine"
Temperance Triumph in Utica.
corrspopdence Of The N. Y Tribune.
UTICA Thursday April %, 1855.
The Election for Excisemen in this city Tuesday last
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