The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-05
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Professor Lippman Discovers q Methet
 Of Direct Photography.

Professor Lippmam Discovers a Melted
 ef Direct Photography.
 Paris Cable to Washington Post
 As already mentioned h brisf cable dispatch to The Post. Professor Lippman of the sorhonne. has just made a discovery which will revolu- tionize the art of photography. When his discovery has been perfected In . few of it's details, cameras may be- done away with. and the photograph will give the same effect of relief and per- spectfve which can bs secured now only by use of the stereoscope. For the sake of the uninitiated. it may be mentioned that 1t was Professor Lipp- man who first discovered color photog. raphy. His latest discovery Is no less extraordinary.
 Professor Lippman's laboratory oe- cupies two entire floors of one of the Sorbonne buildings far from the noises of the street and the incessant move- ment of the Latin quarter. It may be mentioned that the laboratory is per- fumed with the odor of Turkish tobac- co. The professor smokes all the time-thin cigarettes for the most part lighting a fresh one ag soon as he on the track of bis new discovery for many months. There was no hazard in it. He arrived at his result by study ing the eyes of flies and mosquitoes.
 The constitution of a photographic apparatus" said the professor, discus sing his discovery this week, lis ana logous in many respects Co that of the human eye. As result. If we wish to obtain perspective and relief we are forced to use the stereoscope. was long convinced, however, that if could produce the image as it ap- pears on the eye of fly. I should have my stereoscope efrect direct The eye of this class of Insect. as you know. is composed of c iargeA number of minute facets Each of these facets reproduce corner Of the object or landscape presented to it. The en- senble of the facets gives the com pIete picture. I therefore set to work to find some preparation which would give similar result
 After a good deal of research, 1 evolved collection film. upon which gelatin finely houeyeombed. Thus honeycombing preces created a multi tude of gobules--to be exact. twenty i've to each square millimeter. Tn the layr of collodion each of these gobules forms two henlispheres. That which is in front, toward the exterior, is Of much smaller radius than that which Is behind, and which offers larger curve. The first hemisphere plays rne role of the objective; the second re- tains the image. Each gloouie repro duces the totality of the picture, but permits the eye to distinguish only that point coming within the radius or vision. In virtue of its power of ae- commodating itself to circumstances. the eye groups all the visible points together. and the sum total makes the complete picture. Thus. the eye, while seeing a single image, sees 1t under all It's aspects. Move the photograph 70 left or to right. and the relief and perspective change. because the eye encounters a different set of points"
 And what Kind of a camera is nee- essary?" I asked.
 T was expecting thae question:" said the professor. with a smile. "No camera is needed. We put the film or sensitive plate. in an ordinary plate holder. and place 1t in front of the object or landscape which we wish to photograph. The slide Is opened and shut and the operation is finished. My greatest regret is that we are unable to reproduce this new photography in printing. It is no good for photograv- ure. For pictures reproduced in the newspapers we shall still have to use the stereoscope."