New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-12

On the evening of October i, very inter
sstipr informal meeting ofscvcrai leading mo~'f''
If the American Photographed Society was ID
a, the rooms Of Yico-lrc,deut BoeaIdus no. 80
Broadway The special object Of the meeting was i"
hear an address upon q. suiJcc. o. Piciolosrally
BY Mr. J. ". Osborn. gentleman WHO .a5 dusina me
last three or four years attracted consider able attention
BY The Invention ald very successful practice o. .e most
perfec uroces vet made known in tlat branch Of az.
In giving the history OF lis photo osralhio reseaIeA
Hr Osborn said that he lad from TIE FIST been led TO
follow an entirely nov ua,h Of Investigation Ills PIE
decessors lad an sought sonsitne tie surface of tie
stone. from which tie lborrophs were TO be printed
but he Lad sought for en- impression in c-fbona'eols
Ink that would admit Of tciu transferred upon the stone
by the ordinary transfer process.
lis FIST plotoiitlocr1he publications were brought
out during his connection with the colonial government
DfVictovs, Australia, while he was az tic head o. tie
department Of civil engine .1inc and sprveyA
IL September l,-a h process sun'r.edd oil bond
work. by which % 70 t,t time lae O,-a performed al
The labor Of reduction 60 Vfic. tf- ia-.' field ElQs
were necessarily subject before Publication and Coz dis
.rbution and sale. Maps Of oahorg-c detail. which
would require in their rcLu ton mory DAYS labor Of
sSilfu dgaughtsnan, were braAc camera and Atlo
graphic p.ess ocu reduced and proof furnished on The
OF only about five per cent Of the hand wcs which BY
even the most sllul draagAtsiuan was o. nee ssity
much inferior.
S, greet was the reduction in COS. ogd Improvement
sa sty OF he maps tlat tho Government arded hin
BY vote Of thanks and O Grant OF 5000 Af-ar per-
fcctinr his process fr SURVEYS De wished 20 Introduce
Il into O higher and broad Geld O. An reproduction.
Tor this purpose resigned Dis Australian position ard
visited London during tho last Information. Exhibition,
cad not finding tLcrc the encouragement and facilities
for Improvement which d. sought hc was JED % VISIT
The city Of Berlin where he found ai' asociatous
better suited 10 his purpose Willie IN Bof.iu the at
seution Of the Prussau Government was called 90 tho
perfection Of w. Cstaras process and De received
-oyal commission o. furnish photoAtograph COPIES
Con the draginc- made by ortis's who accompanied
Ge late Prussiau expedition TO Japan and sam, si1
Illustrations 20 o.. PAL each Iart o.. t.e report nov
being issued By tint Government
Dir. O.iarn laid b,,ore ce Society great variety Of
most beoudfu sro 9meas of Bis wor- which al present
unhcsitat.ngly I.oIo--cod tie finest tley Lad c.-r
seen
Among Tie many points ofcxclleace in Ole colcc-
ton was tho verT cleat purity 81 tiov''e5 and Tie
sharpness Of epc1y ae. Tho lair stroke. OBJ. theP.l-
eud.1k sketches were reproduced ia a tho unlroEen
purity o. the ORIGINALS While tho deep shadows were
clear a1d vel. acfard. large cory from fine enc
graviuc o. be- two cielubs Of Relhaes Madonna di
san Ss.o NJ .rlc.c3 Inaled attention r. f.. bri1tcy
end peloc, fidelity 90 tla poof from which Lad been
tlsen.
shovel that Dis sccsss Was tle result O.. Goose nIpr
ton sno "a comprehensive knowledge of p4ot' 5r-i-ic
CIemis, g.