. The Canadian druggist. ngsStore Fronts CANADIAN DRUGGIST. 431 Photographic Notes AUTOMATIC RETOUCHER FOR PHOTOGRAPHS An invention that bids fair lo make a sensa-tion in ])hotographic circles is an cUicicnt, butsimple, little apparatus about to be placed on themarket by Mr. Theodore Brown, of Castle Street,Salisbury, England. This latest invention of his,patents for which are pending, consists of a S])e-cial shutter to be used on the hood of the lens inthe usual way. The working is as follows :— The camera having been set up and adjusted inthe usual manner, the exposure is made by press-ing a
. The Canadian druggist. ngsStore Fronts CANADIAN DRUGGIST. 431 Photographic Notes AUTOMATIC RETOUCHER FOR PHOTOGRAPHS An invention that bids fair lo make a sensa-tion in ])hotographic circles is an cUicicnt, butsimple, little apparatus about to be placed on themarket by Mr. Theodore Brown, of Castle Street,Salisbury, England. This latest invention of his,patents for which are pending, consists of a S])e-cial shutter to be used on the hood of the lens inthe usual way. The working is as follows :— The camera having been set up and adjusted inthe usual manner, the exposure is made by press-ing a Inilb, which operates the shutter and kec])sit open until the pressure is relaxed. During thecxjiosure a sujoplementary disc, which workswithin the shutter, so manipulates the rays emit-ted, that the iniage impressed upon the plate ismodelled automatically. The result of this isthat the developed negative yields jjositive prints,which are, to all interests and purposes, likeprints taken from hand retcniched ^. The skin of the subject is rendered soft, thewrinkles suppressed, and excessive sub-dued; without involving a touch of the lead i^ii-cil or use of retouching tools. It is , onthe surface, that this invention, if it fulfils thejiromise made for it, will prove a boon 10 botliamateur and professional, saving, as it ^.ill, llienecessity of jjractising the present difficult, ex-pensive, and laborious task of retouching \)\hand. We understand that specimens iiroducedby means of this unique process, are obtainablefree on a])plication to the inventor.—Optician. THE COMBINED TONING AND FIXING BATH Ierhaph I may be excused for returning to sutlia hackneyed subject as this, in view of the manymisconceptions which still seem to prevail re-garding the necessary ingredients for the com-bined toning and (ixing of i)rints. This\erv convenient method has fallen into some dis-rei)ute, and is seldom advocated by the —I think rather und
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