Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-12-12
COL0R IN TRE 49,.

There is said 90 Be Implicit Adherence
20 the MOst Delicate shades and Oihor
Details.
Scientists throughout the world have
Tor years been seeking a method by
which. objects could DO Photographed
In their natural cOlOrS. While many
Investigators have partially succeeded
In their search. 10 is the good fortune
OF Mr.. r. ID. GRAY, OF New York City,
70 be the inventor Of method by
which not only the natural colorS are
reproduced, but there Is also an I'M
phcit adherence 20 the most delicate
shades, while the details OF formation
and outline are faithfully preserved.
Recently Mr.. Gray gave 8 stareop-
ticon exhibition Of the results Of
his discovery In his workshop, at No.
76 Boekman street. 10 was eminentiy
successful 10 every way, and won the
hearty praise Of the persons present.
Views on fifty slides were projected on
the screen, among them being trees IN
their midsummer foliage, aud again,
while clothed Ia their fall verdure Of
gold and orange and red blendiDgs.
There were also baskets OF fruit and
landscape views, particularly 3 number
OF beautiful scenes in the Yosemite
Valley.
MIR. GRAY's NEW METHOD.
81 obtain my colors in this way" ex-
planned Mr.. Gray. "On a frame | have
three plates Of the same view, but no
two are alike IN deve Opment. Before
the lens I have three plates Of colored
glass. Que is red, the second is blue
and the third green. When the calcium
light is adjusted Is projects the views
on the three plates through the cOlOred
glasses, and thence upon the screen.
Such parts as are TO show red for the
basis come first, then come blue and
green, A com binatiOn and a blending
OF these cOl0rs produce the minor cOlOrs,
and so, at last. we have the landscape
Just as we see il with the naked eye.
ain the Photographic printing IN col
ors the same method is followed Ia the
main, except that the print is made on
gelatlne aud not on a photographic stone.
BY this method prints can be made as
cheaply as by photography, and the work
will be more satisfactory. 1 have been
developing my ideas for the past two
years, but il was not until recently.
when I discovered q superior quality OF
dyes for my glasses, that / met with the
success / have attained in producing
eOlors ia photography"
DETERMINED TO SUCCEED.
Mr.. Gray is a modest man, about IS
years OF age. His place OF business IS
up three flights OF stairs and is literally
q workshop with no pretensious toward
luxury. Here, with a number Of expert
artisans, he makes Photographic lenses,
AND when business is slack he devotes
2 himself to developing his invention.
''For years" he said, II have been
interested in photography but not until
two years ago, os I said before, did be-
come absorbed Ga the matter Of colOrs.
1t came gradually at first, and read
deeply on the subject. l began 10 eX-
psriment, but met with little success.
Many times I was tempted to give up In
disgust, but the fascination or the pos
sibility OF success lured me on, and when
I made periodical trips into the great
Western country and saw nature CARRIED
as only the eye can appreciate, l re-
turned more determined than ever 20
succeed. And at last / have"
coLoRs ACCURATELY REPRODUCED.
There IS something TO be done in per-
fecting the mechanism. The principle
Is established, and all that remains is TO
have the apparatus constructed 20 in
sure It's successful application. That,
however, IS a mere matter Of mechant-
cal skill that may be easily applied.
One OF the photographs 10 COl0rs Mr..
Gray exhibited Is a basket Of irnit rest
ing Oh q table, which is covered by q
figured Worsted cloth. The central
niece 10 the basket is a pineapple. 10
seems TO stand out In relief, and at a
distance looks as though the hand could
clutch II. Each biz OF color is repro
duced with accuracy. Bunches OF lus-
clous grapes appeal TO the taste, their
skins still glistening with the dewS OF
night. A large peach, radiant ia Its
velvety covering OF orange and lake,
nestles beside the pineapple. The
coloring throughout Was q marvel Of
perfection.
Another picture is a scene at the base
OF one Of the mountains ia the Yosemite
Valley. A hotel with wide verandaS is
in the foreground. Luxurious vegeta-
tion thrives on all sides. The blue sky,
with here aud there feck OF cloud, is
faithfully depicted. The snOw-clad
summit OF the mountain aud the rich
green az the base, with the dull gray
rocks and hali-dead trees, form con-
trasts that are shown 10 the perfect
eolorlng that no hand could produce.
Nothing is exaggerated everything is
true 70 nature.