New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-06

an ingenious contrivance for making lnstah'aheous
pictures of live game in their native hauns. III was
invented by photographer who IS also Keen NUM-
err and consists of "A short wooden gunstock on "hch
4x5 camera is adjusted, and which can be eSpoSeu
on a flying bird or bounding deer by means OK the
trigger pulled at the right moment. 1t mas been
suggested I'm England to use the camera III oon-
nection with the well known automatic siot P''h.
ciplc. so that by merely dropping com oi'
the proper size and weight in the slot' ana loohhs
your best an instantaneous portrait may DC TAKEN rum
the drawer below after few seconds hhciy hisneu
in every respect and presenting characteristic IKE
ness
The ordinary tripod camera may be used for making
instantaneous Photographs of com So ana heaiH eyrs
amateur has tried his hand at tns rs 81
Photographic work which the amateur takes up, ana
many hEhy curious no. nSs eSSermentnS IN
Ernest Marx sllfuI young photographer Of Plain
field y j. has given his attention almost entirely to
this subject lie has photographed ans their cuds
or lowing so as to show the position OF tneir Iaws
fowls picking up grain from the ground or mnb
pointing, Setting and so forth and any number
Of horses at their various PAGES ne mas snS bY hs
s. ep pcc syna Ba frSa times declare
definitely the real winner when dead neat cS WA thing I'M,
MpS ARK claims Inns t tat b 5eff the Is it is
ways easy determine Just which horse rea s wrs
and automatically exposes the plate by electricity
at the right moment lie claims that MS s,,SSs
y T0E se IN iG TO pG ndc OF t iGso"u anu '
" y. r wntrngham Of nroohlyn has sncce'sfq ny
phGoEaphGd many e c h' in aquatic races
running. caping PLAYING basepa. %s shows
tho Ian In mid air suspended over the net where
has been scrysdI By the ,Ec Royfth o cccSsfii
latter running to first base, and the various hches
in characteristic excited attitudes, so.o. x,v has
Paymastcr stanton. OF the United states NaVy, Nd,
succeeded in photographlng prolectile as iS ~
from the mouth Of mortsr ana kG IN crbSers
Magazine" how photographs Of living rife bullets have
cc made The subject is highly Interesting II Is mucn
difficult to photograph rlhS bu" Una than Ian Is
small object. and the camera must be set near y, ~
pain h, in S, 70 sD c tn e eTs Of placed e
the moving object be photosraphcd the more raP
staniancons or qnck acting shutter could possibly ps
made to operate with sufficient rapG rsnd or nsrtu ue
Thc desired end is accomplished, however by tho AID
Of electricity. .u..o,,o,r ssns,.Ive
pl,te and placed in dark room. through when inc
bullet Is made 70 pass. Tho instant tle 3nT nrn
Gn og1 OF IN" SparM Witch nmnaes bullet for an
instant and rs image is impressed upon .e g. amnst
naHItc,mSl and since the plate is affected .6 only
durnr the continuance Of the spark wene,nnittu
;ra 81 Of .S an So't oancd such pictures show
the condemnation Of the air in front OF inc 6nl
Ic the vacuum left behind II, and the sr e'd re-
nnsnberc bv lis notion and thcN anoru I. !. smo
lion which is of value IN determining tle Des' snp
to lac Given 10 tho projectile In order 10 w" =.
IN minimum the resistance which the ar opposes l"
ne sl,bt and so Increase It's range and efect.
photorrnphs Of gun interiors have also bcsh ma III.
nv electric light and Tho Information Oothuct IN
way & most valuable. and obviously NOR ,ion.
han that given BY the old method 81 taxing - bs
- The ian in soft rubber An electro SpGh U,o '
hccn photographed 10y means OF SPECIAL NO. "a
-, cnnr!n me most sensitive plate was ehlpIoSc
and arranged 81 that " r!ua'' ut '
$50 Tvg IrTnnr IN 81 PhaGcpha he's photoEaphed
na,,irc's electric spark during many thutueI az
Wis autographs Of Jupiter a Ec cans lncn,
extrcmcly Interesting and have con'idcrsols ~ m
,.siue The revelations Of his photogTnphs ~, az
-ona rIohlc IN their way those mace carrier y! ~,
arst instantancous photographs OF MOVING .s -,
why streak Of lightning should be reprae,,, ys
,r,i.;s ne sharp angular, rlgzag nm" ms ahhU ~,
oon ru,,Io 10 me" writes Mr.. Jennings AIni
Loco observance OF thunder storms for many US
tsiing 10 note discharge 81 this character D a"Sr
IN tho form Of wavy line X OccurT"9. ~ AZ
hat the same phenomena might record u~e1I u.s
Et.snr,,iv on tho rena Of various obScrver.,
ard me Photographic camera mgm ne I'LL roally
so,ilc tnn Gucstion as IN whether llZhtnlng rsa
-. I'm ,ir1ag or wavv form. Many attempts were
,,Ic :, induce Mr. Io"c to write MS aH'ogTtp" y"
~. sucf,re Of n dry plato without success nc -
thunderstorm Of asa loft record however, !" . ,r
-, ~ a small discharge occurring between V"V
c1tmds-a horizontal wavy line ,., .,o.,c,
nd inns the work Of inveSti gaton. original
o,,6 elmniy rnrIons experiment by means OF ID,
stantonc6us photography. goes on WIN ever NOR
wonderful revelations to show, ana more VdIuaoc W
suits for science and ART