, 1881-04-24
,gh;ch Are Made with Astonishing
Rcpiaity aaG Perfection.
Tho Day of J;tl-'Time Photographs
Drawn. to 4 Close.
How Linographs are Executed With
out the Assistance ct the Sun.
The Electric Liy1: Applied to Negatives in
q Tctaliy-Dark Room.

.yr Vi rlaTNtlnr' !lFci1tHiilS. ..1s1 Li eit.llht
n. ,;:;n>aitl. /. is III age of surprises: and
,,,s u:u,t III, conceded. The onlyuuestion ls;ls
y, what will IN let; IL h, brought to light by
,,t,>e WIN eo!lle after us: how far they can
;,r,y. ;;oIl what tlle genius of this century
h., ,1yyeivp"d. and 10 What degree the labor
sayln- u!;y;nt!y or the scientific appliances
r,, m. further utilized or made subseryient
IA Elai!h1'"i
! h4tl dc son< fortune to-'iay To witness
4ha urac;i,'aI operation OF Il recent Invention
that would have l,ar:tl:zrtl cd l'asuerre had
In. beer, alive, AMI cuusrd the in1rollcer Of
motrl, photographs 10 have hid his head III
shame to !1ay, seen how great Il stride had
been ni;tie in The application ot the principle
nf uicurt-,aaSuS. Is it,pho:,=rap;,y is no
hanger .leell,ir.t on ilrk, sunshine. and Tie
n;.t,.rc Of tie future will be produced III :.
lark room al.l finished, as the artist now
,HrteetS his negative, il All apartment
Funded with sub:11t.l light filtered through
yellow shades. Heretofore photography has
ttt1l dependent to Il great degree Oh the
. Atmospheric conditions; that is, the
successful multiplication Of pictures has
LARGELY hinged upon the auan1iiy Of sunlight
that coul. be DIungt.t to bcAr uphn the print
Ing cases in which the negatives or the
aIbumen or se,,sitiZt,i ptptr was exposed;
anu the public know too well how aggrayat-
;n- ,,,va lr.n delays. when pictures we're
wanted in !. hurry, because of tie pho;os-
.1',,ar,. i,,,r ,,,;a answer that ,|,ay cou2d
ar ~, ,,r;,,,,,1 ,,n1uss hc t,f, e-,nd sunlight
1or the purpose. There's
W 1oxt:,,. .v,- <rrn or ON so1,
L in making pictures vi this description. The
fiery old fellows occupation is gone, and he
can hereafter hitle Ills face rs mich rs lie
np,sps and nl,o1orra,hs will be turned ont
s,,a,> I,o on,.,,i ,,,a1., t,,am and m
oe'tet AA"A ~ e'"''' 4s~ ''' ' "
thanks 10 INN eltaer.
The new element which is entering into
This work. a1,l which will III tilile rs its yir-
+,,. md s,tnur;o,. ,urr,ts hprn,ue krowu. Sill
''e' *.o ..,.', ,,,;.,.. :; ,,1.,,,r;,,-
!e'seae l'le ''''le'h'''> e'''' 4.!s -
few wears ago that electricity would at this
.,,1v ;,r or eyer merriam, fnr that matter
T., o,,I;,,; -, t,,,,sI;t,,', o,,,, W ~. ,,ay,,
nc atpiieo " : "t ~. =,
1t all aoout us anu tile matter IL n''t I'LL 1ts III
fancy. He who propheSietl such use o1 the
marvellous element was SECUTED as worse
t,,r ,.;s;nno,v .,,d had ,nv am, t,n years
"N" .s:, ,',,...1-~..-,,- t.. oloo+r;lit.. 10
ago p!oth1>eo paotoS'"pne os e,eetl't.1s' ae
would have been deemed TIT subjec{ 1oF all
nsvlum. Yet saw some handsome pictures
made by1},is p,ocess to-day, and while w.,u-
daring NJ tha s;nr,1},r ranoe,,..,s of The fart
vas charmed b; The simplicity of the inyen-
tian r. J.. III
'4o4' =. 80 49, w. -,-r,,,,,,c,,
poNE ~ TUE TT , ~ ~ i.l'.il'
and pictures can be 1nade from the SIZE OF
The old time curte 1c riSitc, towel there
never has been any surface large enough to
ss.,,n,,tif.. 1,,a li1uita,ion If tbp system. And
..I,+ - ,unsr ,;tai ;,nnnr,anr;, fi,a n,,ufn
rr.','hs ,,nl 1rnd1,cc,i ar. snnrrinr Il, auy
slllng heretofore haeWh' a!'u :tle oe.tlu .:,. y!
III
IN differentiation, vI II,st. in the nld process,
The taking Of photographs by ELECTRICITY
or might more correctly say the printing Ut
Photographic pictures BY this procrss-s an
entirely new thing in america: There Is
onIy one thing IL be urged against it-lnu
Thar is simply national urrj'aIice-whlch is
That it came from the other side If the water
1t was invented by L German. antt Tor
some months past has been in practical op-
grafton III Vienna, where The scientific world
mas at first startled ,y tile Invention and has
auw given it the highest iEuorsel'lellt. IL
Paris and in Belgium the system has just
been introduced, AMI couple Ut wlde-aWa'se
Germans have landed on u.lr shores fully
equipped with material. appliances, expert
.uct, and scientific knowledge Tor the pllr-
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