The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1888-07-14
THE CAMERAS MAGIC.
INGENIOUS USE OF PHOTOGRAPHY
IN KINDRED ARTS.
An Interesting Chat with "Thc Old
Man'-al"lcrn Way of Making Watch
i'ia's-Th" Sand Blast-A Costly Ex-
p"rimcmt-Enlarscd Pictures.

Nh interesting Chat with 1.-THE Old
Man"-st"'lcrn Way of Making Watch
i'i,'s-Th" Sand Blast-A Costly Ex-
p"rimcnt--Enarscd Pictures.
MI l. {. Roach, familiarly known bv pho
l"Sr;tph"rS all over the United States and
even III Europe as 'tlc old man. is recor-
hiA" 10y them as a sort of mallatma ono
who, If he does not quite ''know it all - is
VERY llabl" 4" find out anything more that is
to ID" discovered. lie has taken ont !, greater
number "I patents in photography than any
b"dN els" Ill this country Speaking recently
ol llie practical applications Of photography
III l;ite years, he said TO IL reporter:
"l'" You know that witch lials are now
male by photography at II mere fraction of
Their former cost: Th"yall used To he painted
ny hand. Now II hundred are made in the
Time formerly required To produce one, and
each of tho hundred is better than the ono
would have been The dial is Of copper COW
rr'l with enamel. Upon that they laya sell
si,l%ed coating of albrunrn and Lichlomate
"i potash. y large drawing say twelve
inches IN diameter, OF the design figures and
dots that 1t is desired To put upon tile dial is
Photographed down To the required size,
Which makes it very fine that whatever
are almost beyond discovery by the micro
scope. The negative thus made is exposed to
She hight in contact with the ,rclatinc coated
watch dial for from three to five minutes.
f.'rrtri" light is Just as good as sun light.
w lrc the light has acted the geatile is
made ins"luhe. The dial is now inkel over
WIN r"lnmon lilhogrnlhic transfer ink
Next, with clean sponge moistencl with Il
ii''l' gum WATER the ink and cclatine arc
Ni"d oil lh" dial from all parts except
"hrf" til" hight has acted, and to those it adj
h"f'S, l';'NIn.; the design in clear black upon
lar riiani"I,'i plate. But that design would
easily blur and rub OIL by wear. Another.
| process Is necessary To make it permanent
~ metallic enamel powder of any color de
sired black, blue, red, green, or pulple-is
busted upon the dial. IT. sticks to the mixed
portions, hut nowhere else. Then the dial is
put IN tine muillo and fired. The enamel
powder mrlts into the white enamel base,
and the work is cumIlctc. The Wntham
Watch company pal $1,000 for that process.
i'N IL they can turn out, for ten cents ,ucll.
li;iS that in the old way of making would
hmvc"s' - apiece.
''Si"'aiills5 "i tlut necessity recalls to me
the effort now making for the production, for
ltill'"s'"l magazine and boo; Illustration.
printed with type, of photographs from
'!ature or paintings, hy means of what are
now called tint glasses. About that am
L'Hh9 I" tell You IL page Of history that has
h" before been published. and that will make
| 'P'i'liii'il St,r among Il numbcrof persons who
~" claiming to be the inventors of processes
III 'ii' direction at the present time. The
real inventor "f tint gIassc; or, as he c,lc,
them, ruled s"rtrllns was Baron Won Eylolr-
| f,t Inn. d.;
limited States and England us long ago as
'f''. He was Il brilliant. highly educated
man, wll" did Il great deal of fine engineering
work l"l our government, and who went
nwaN To Europe several years ago. There
was Il rtmor that he had died, but only re-
Gently ] heard that he had retired to n
| monastery somewhere and was stlll living.
NNeli. II big company, mainly Of United
States officials, was formed for tho ,lcvelop-
l"u' "i Baron Won Egloii'sicins discovery and
ii Utilization for the printing Of ;recnbacks
ANA ",hrrl'ip money in such wise ns to defy
r"tih'"ri"itlliG Secretary Chase was in that
company, rs were also Baron Pcrault, Capt.
l.i"N Governor Sprag'lc, Of Rhode Island;
Alr. Knapp, the l'ttsburs gun founder: Mr..
S'ii'"nnakrr, the y. L. Stewart of Bati
more; Representative Lailin Mr.. Clark, of
iit" bureau of printing; a Massachusetts scn-
ht"r, who's. name | do not now recall, and
several other prominent men. Jay Cooke g.
q" were tn" rolnpanyS bankers. They had
any quantity of money. In one. Year they
spent over $1,000 i'll working the process on
s'4 AMI they used 10 say that they had go
HDojO ready To put in it as soon as ii was n.
proved success. Every SATURDAY they used
tu lave !, meeting Mt the Fifth Avclule. hotel.
sIit,l'' npnIl tho bills, have a, biz dinner, and
drunk champaign" by the bask"tflll.
But their "Xl lro1ations were not realized
iiarpn Hon Ealotf,itin used a fine plate class.
covered with II vr'y Opaque etching ground,
which was eros, ilatcllol by the finest ,,,ssi-
''!" lines, 300 TO the inch, Which was inter
posed between the light and the uhnct, ortlle
Glass nc3ativ" or positive, to he photographed
1pu can 50" that the effect would be that in.
stead of producing i, picture in smooth half
tones, like an ordinary photograph, on. would
ID" mad" that wHs all brolinn up into fine
cross hatch"'l line, and dots. From this 10.
ai!tin2 ncgativ" transfers could be made to
't"iIr. steel. "r copper, or could he printed
directly by contact upon II metal plate for
etching Of course, for inta.Iio won X, as fer
printing from steel a positive picture would
he used and Il negative for type press print
in-. The principle of the thing was all right,
the cl"semess together of the fine lines pre-
vented getting sufficient depth. If the plates
were bitten do"n deep enough for printing,
there was II" bsly To bear repeated and heavy
pressure and a itw impressions would bre;.k
thrn down. The few impressions obtained
wci" superb but the plates would not last
More practical results are now attained by Il
Cpa's"r ruling, of about 100 lincs u the inch
for the production Of relief plates for type
press printing. The Old patents have now
r,nl out, and he process belongs To Anybody
"ilp cilo>c. 10 employ it.
''Oe Of tho lat. and possibly rather sur
lri-ius discoveries III photography, which
al, is Il patent of mine, is the enlargement
"i photographs oany required size without
tl.r i.iJl oi Il solar camera, merely by the light
of ordinary oil lamp, or even by flash
of et!n cotton. In the old way q costly solar
ca:.lela vas necessary, machine costing
500 ur 500: much time and clear sunlight
and Il Very expensive prepared paper were
also all requisites to the process. Now |. OF
rather the firm to whom | !Iay" transferred
any rights make ii conn paratiyclyo heap paper,
i'll IL roll of any desired lcn,y and as much
as forty-two inches wide, coated by the gell-
tinc-hromi,l" of silver process, and, with the
aid of Il little apparatus like Il magic lantern
costing ~. illl WHICH cill IGt operated ttay
CT night. in :, cellar on u bedroom, if neces-
sary. can produce an enlargement of &; pict-
ure to any required size. say from Il tintypc
As hi. a. y"ur thumb nail up to life linlen-
si"m- The development of the enlarged pict-
uie' is made i'll the usual manner, and then it
is ready for finishing in c,7,you, pastel or in
any other way desired. Pictures of actors
and actresses. full length, life size, have i'll
this way been enlarged from cards le visite
and finished III, for lplotosraphins again, in
reduction Tor plate, rreluccl ly process for
printing on Il t,lc press. a inctlio~l that is
very convenient f"i' the artist. and enables
the making at small expense Of Il Very tine
.,,:d certainly accurate picture for practical