The Photographic art-journal . kmen,but at the same time with well polishedshoes. I was full of astonishment and admira-tion to behold with what rapidity and withwhat beautiful facility all these operations were executed. Without the least embar-rassment or confusion, without any effort,with three m n and three children, arough piece of dak, was transformed inoan excellent flour-barrel, all ready lor saleiu ten minnt s. This reminds us that it is now severalyears since a Frenchman, by the name ofMenneville invented a system of machinesfor the formation of barrels. From nu-merous and well calcu
The Photographic art-journal . kmen,but at the same time with well polishedshoes. I was full of astonishment and admira-tion to behold with what rapidity and withwhat beautiful facility all these operations were executed. Without the least embar-rassment or confusion, without any effort,with three m n and three children, arough piece of dak, was transformed inoan excellent flour-barrel, all ready lor saleiu ten minnt s. This reminds us that it is now severalyears since a Frenchman, by the name ofMenneville invented a system of machinesfor the formation of barrels. From nu-merous and well calculated experiments itwas found, that with his machinery {outil-age) the cost of handiwork wou!d only befrom 30 to 40 cents per barr 1, instead of3 or 4 francs. All the efforts of M. deMenneville to procure the adoption ofhis invention have, unfortunately, thus farproved unavailing, so that here again do wefind ourselves outstripped by the newworld. From the Scientific MAKING.—No. III. BY D. D. T. DAVIE, HE best method of hold-ing the plate for buffing,that which makes it mostsecure and convenient,is the one rer-ommendedin picture making No. 1,a block with knives orclaws on two sides which fastens theplate by means of a thumb screw atone side of it. There are neverthe-less many wise men still living, andthe Daguerrean Art seems to besought aft^r and practiced for a livelihoodby a le uned class of men, at least one witha clear head and sound mind ; who hasbeen accustomed to using the block which1 have recommended on seeing plat-s stuckon a block with wax, or the plate tunediuside out, in order to secure it on Peck sblocks would unhesitatingly come to thecontusion that such an operator was ablock headed professor. Reader, please | exr-use my indignation. It gives me painto see a man or a monkey riding an oxwhen an ass is at his service. I cannotpass this suhject and leave unnoticed an-other very peculiar apparatus for holdingplates. The block with a handle
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