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FRANKLIN INSTITUTE LIBRARY
PHILADELPHIA
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Chapter I
Preparation of the Glass Plate for the Reception of the Collodion Film — Solutions for Cleaning Glass Plates — Chromic Acid Bath — Albumen in Stock Solution, and Diluted for the Substratum — To Albumenize the cleaned Plates, 18
Chapter II
Preparation of the Collodion, and the Mode of Coating Albumenized Plates with Collodion — To Prepare Pyroxyline by the two Methods — Preparation of Plain Collodion — Preparation of Bromo-Iodized Collodion — Preparation of Iodized Collodion — Vials for Collodion — Pneumatic Holders, . . .1(1
Chapter III
The Nitrate of Silver Bath, its Preparation, Troubles, and Renovation — Neutralizing the Bath with Carbonate of Soda ; with Oxide of Silver — Boiling the Bath — Distilling oft the Ether and Alcohol — Decomposition of the Nitrate of Silver in an Old Bath, 29
Chapter IV
The Sky-Light, Side-Light, Screens, and Accessories for Posing the Model — Theoretic Views about Lighting — Practical Construction of a Photographic Glass-House, . . 38
Chapter V
Lenses and Cameras — The Use of Stops or Diaphragms — Spherical Aberration ; Chromatic Aberration — their Corrections — Foreign Lenses — American Lenses — To Make the Actinic Focus and the Luminous Focus Coincident — To Focus, 47
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Chapter VI
The Dark-Room — Development— Non-Actinic Room — Transparent Dish for Holding the Plate during Development, 68
Chapter VII
Developers— Intensifiers— Theoretic Views of the Development — Developer — Art of Development — Benefit of the Albumen Substratum— Fixing Solution — Intensification and Toning of the Negative, 62
Chapter VIII
To Varnish Negatives— To Prepare Negatives for the Solar Camera and for Copying with a Camera— Collodion for the Solar Camera Negative— Method for Collecting the Silver from the Wash Water, etc.— Fixing Solution— Pyrogallic Acid Developer— Collo-Protosulphate of Iron Developer,
Chapter IX
The Print, how to Make It— Preparation of the Paper— Sensitizing of Albumen Paper— Fuming of Sensitized Paper —The Printing Operation— To Prepare Terchloride of Gold— Preparation of the Toning Bath— Fixing Solution for Prints— Construction of the Washing-Tank— The Drying-Frame— Mounting of Prints, . . . .82
The Magic Print, . . . . . . . 142
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