Anthony's photographic bulletin for .. . 79 In regard to Professor Rontgens discovery, Mr. A. A. C. Swinton writes inNature : Working upon the lines indicated in the telegrams from Vienna recently pub-lished in the daily papers, I have, with the assistance of Mr. J. C. M. Stanton re-peated many of Professor Rontgens experiments with entire success. Accordingto one of our first experiments, an ordinary gelatino-bromide photographic dryplate was placed in an ordinary camera back. The wooden shutter of the back waskept closed, and upon it were placed miscellaneous articles, such as coins, pieces
Anthony's photographic bulletin for .. . 79 In regard to Professor Rontgens discovery, Mr. A. A. C. Swinton writes inNature : Working upon the lines indicated in the telegrams from Vienna recently pub-lished in the daily papers, I have, with the assistance of Mr. J. C. M. Stanton re-peated many of Professor Rontgens experiments with entire success. Accordingto one of our first experiments, an ordinary gelatino-bromide photographic dryplate was placed in an ordinary camera back. The wooden shutter of the back waskept closed, and upon it were placed miscellaneous articles, such as coins, pieces ofwood, carbon, ebonite, vulcanized fiber, aluminium, etc., all being quite opaque toordinary light. Above was supported a Crookes tube, which was excited for someminutes. On development, shadows of all the articles placed on the slide wereclearly visible, some being more opaque than others. Further experiments weretried with thin plates of ? ninium or of black vulcanized fiber interposed betweenthe objects to be photogrt.^ ^ed and th
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