American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-06-08

renown-a master of his art,
whose pictures, which sold for
high prices. adorned museums.
the parlors of the rich, and when on
exhibition were hung low and con
spicuous. Also, | knew him for an ex.
pert photographer-an art photogra.
pher," as they say, one who dealt with
this branch of industry as a fad, an
amusement, and who produced pic
lures that in composition, lights and
shades rivaled his productions with
the brush.
Yet it never occurred to me that the
wonderful and technically correct ma
rines hanging on his walls were due to
anything but the artists conscientious
study of his subject and only his
casual INSTRUMENTATION Of the word
'leeward," which landsmen pronounce
as spelled, but which rolls off the
tongue of a sailor as "looward," and
his giving the long sounds to the
vOwels Of the words patent" and
'tackle" induced me to ask If he had
ever been to sea.
"Why. yes" he answered. Until |
was thirty | had no higher ambition
than to become a skipper, but | never
achieved 1t. The best I ever did was
to sign first mate for one voyage. 1t
was on that voyage that | learned
something of the mysterious properties
of light. and it made me a photogra
pher, then an artist. You are wrong
when you say that a searchlight can
not penetrate fog"
But it has been tried"
"With ordinary light. Yes, of course,
subject to refraction. reflection and alb
sorption by the millions of minute
glObules Of water it encounters"
"But what other kind Of light can be
usedF' | asked.
Invisible light" he answered. 81
do not mean the Rontgen ray nor the
emanation from radium. both of which
are invisible. but neither OF which is
light. I'm that neither can be reflected
nor refracted. Both will penetrate
many different kinds of matter. but it
needs reflection or refraction to make
visible an object on which it impinees
Understands"
Hardly" | answered obviously
"Wbat kind Of visible light is there If
rot radium or the Rontgen raw You
can photograph with either. can't
you?"
yes, but to see what YOU have pho
tographed you must develop the film.
AID +1.ra l. az, +fv,. - .T,+ n I.n ~ a.
fast steamer. like the i'll fated Titanic.
running through the ice and the fog
No. it is mere theory, but | have an
idea that the ultra violet light-the
actinic rays beyond the violet end OF
the spectrum. you know-will pene-
trate fog TO a great distance, and In
spite of its higher retroactive power
which would distort and magnify an
object, it is better than nothing"
But what makes you think that II
will penetrate fog?" I Queried. "And
If it is invisible itself how will 1t Il
lumine an object?"
"As to your first question" he an
swered. With a smile. 1T is well know
TO surgeons that ultra violet light vii
penetrate the human body To the deptl
OF an inch. while the visible rays ar
reflected at the surface And It ha.
v been known to photographers for fit,
years that this light will act on a sen
sitized plate I'm an utterly dark room
Yes. hut how can you see by thi
hght?'
''There you have me-" he answered
at viii need a quicker development
than any now known to photography
a travelling film. for instance, that wi
show the picture OF an iceberg or
ship before II is too late 10 avoid It
travelling film sensltized by a quicke
acting chemical than any now used
"Why not puzzle it out?' I asked.
81 am too old" he answered dream
". my life work IS about done. Bu
other and younger men will take it NJ
We have made great strides in optics
r We shall ultimately use this light {
see through Opaque objects. We sha
see colors never imagined by the hi
man mind. We may possibly see cre'
lures in the air above never seen b.
fore.
1--WE shall certainly see creature
from the depths of the sea. where Wis
BILE light cannot reach-creaturt
whose substance is Of such a natur
that it will not respond to the light
has never been exposed to-a SUI
stance which is absolutely Transporter
because It will not absorb and apes