Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-10-19
USES OF PHOTOGRAPHY.
The value OF the Art 60 sc,satists. Ne
ehanIcs aud Military Men.

Nh1 Nufor OF tnN ArA NrfNuttstss me-
ehsnios and Military Mea.
The uses to which photography is be-
ing put In this year 1889 can hardly be
told. Its val In illustration IL well |
known to all. Here IL has helped pop
ularize artistic work and cheaper the |
cost OF its production To a surprising |
extent. Now but a few hours need pass |
before the thought OF the artist Is made
the joy of the reader. drawing. photo
graphic copy. relief plate. and printing
following one another With nineteenth
century speed From the coarse outline
OF the newspaper cut To the wonder
ful reproduction of paintings by the
| photogravure process we mount on
stepping stones OF victorious achieve
ments In photography. made TO serve
with reliable accuracy the common and
the elevated. the po itical cartoon and
the edition dc lure. The reproductions
In color OF the works OF faquarellistes are
imitaiively dece tive. and their educa-
tional influenre Of incalculablc value.
The uses TO which science has put
photography are very numerous from
records OF the infinitely little to the in
i finitely great. from microscopy. which
deals with the invisible. to the vasiness
OF astronom cal wonders The latest
contribution 10 our knowledge Of the
sun. moon and stars made by photo
graphs taken by the aid OF the power
full telescope at the Lick Observatory
strongly contrast with the researches
into the invisible world OF nature re-
vealed through the microscope. DIR.
Draper made the first daguerreoiype Of
the moon in 1910; Foucault. OF Paris
. first succeeded In making picture OF
, the sun In iSi5; and IL was 1850 before
. Prof.. Bond. OF Harvard College.
. made the first daguerreotype OF a star.
:. In 1851 DIR. Busch. OF Koenigsbcrg.
photographed "a solar eclipse Two
scientists. Prof. Schuster and Mr..
:. Lockyer. In 1882 obtained photograph
OF the spectrum of the eclipsed sun. Ia
~ 1881 DIR. Henry Draper had successful
=. iy photographed nebuia. and later
!, the spectrum OF star Even tbs
!, aurora borealis has been photographed
!. this year.
3 In connection with the study OF spec
n trum analysis. photography has playe'
n "a most import part. for II has recorded
No lines revealed only by the photograph
, in that part OF the spectrum In the vic
M let and lavender regions. and even bc
:. yond. where all Ii dark 10 US.
r. In the study OF stars by this prs
a. cedure we learn how some are like on
sun. others glowing masses OF matte
Is just beginning to burn. and still other
a nearly burnt out. like Arcturus and A
p, debaran. We marvel. when We thin
nj how feeble seems the light OF the star
Ia 10 learn that only as much light ca
q, come through slit 1880 of an inch
n Is permitted to affect the sensitiS
L plate. Again. the movement OF u
!, earth would In the two hours require
h, to form AN image soon carry the ligl
N of the plate were there not ingeniol
70 mechanical apparatus by which the IL
:, age is always kept at the same place
., the plate.
n, And now photography Is not on
hot1 A0A hAhHPAhh oAA sAO AhoWA hta
M ems but the camera reveals TO US u
an presence OF stars which the human g,
mn has not seen For many years Mi
~ Maria Mitchell and her assistants ha'
y. photographed the ever changing SUI
y spots. Astronomers from all over Il
4. orld have met in Paris and arrange
/, plan for using photography to o
| a-E. - al A..
al Cameras will be set up in numbers
=, obsersatorics In many countries. AT
! many negatives made OF the entire co
!. tents of the universe. IL is proposed
~ catalogue two millions Of the brlghte
1, stars and note their position with gre
precision. as until such maps ex
a, many other astronomical problems cs
IA not be solved. We know for instanc
that our sun with lis planetary syste
5 yoyaging through space The
charts will help determine the rou
and c rcumstances OF the journey.
u In war photography has been uss
N since the English made pictures In u
IN. Crimea. Balloon photography has
if come quite an at Balloons are sa
J. to be perfectly safe from rifle or artille
u tire II seven hundred yards above q
j ] ground. Electricity is made to play
tic part in exposing the plate in the came
Dr. attached TO the balloon. During I
ny Franco-Prussian war and the sic
Ily Of Paris small Photographic copi
by Of valuable documents and daily pape
a were made and rolled up into quill
In. which were fastened to carrier-pigeor
ed and thas taken To their destination wit
ep out tie lines.
The Elffel Tower in Paris has be
We offered 10 Prof. Marcy to enable him
lie, make studies in photography of birds
,p flight; and very instructive results q
'rs anticipated.
he Both in our amy and navy phoi
We graphic outfits are furnished. and sol
ne ~ our officers have become very expe
oil Photography may be applied to surv'
sly ing. as Lieutenant Reed. OF the Unit
eh States army, has described IL IN
lad also serve for studies In meieoroloG
Ich Photographing rifle-bullets and cannC
by balls In motion has bee me an evei
ss- day matter. but "A novel experiment
said to have been made not long sir
In Berlin by Prof. Treeson. "
arranged within cannon-ball a 81
~ cun,at., which raenr.Iad the. ahars