Wilson's quarter century in photography : a collection of hints on practical photography which form a complete text-book of the art . groovedirons to Fig. 106. J X J inch, f inch from top of rail (Fig. 106), and fastened to the skylight withfit the angles, and screwed on. The blinds, b b, are | x 3 inches, hinged snugly-together with heavy boot-webbing, c, over andunder alternately, making a perfect hinge, thewebbing well fastened with good-sized tacksdriven obliquely near the edge, webbing and allwell painted ; they are drawn by cords, as seenin Fig. 106, passing through the pulleys, //,which
Wilson's quarter century in photography : a collection of hints on practical photography which form a complete text-book of the art . groovedirons to Fig. 106. J X J inch, f inch from top of rail (Fig. 106), and fastened to the skylight withfit the angles, and screwed on. The blinds, b b, are | x 3 inches, hinged snugly-together with heavy boot-webbing, c, over andunder alternately, making a perfect hinge, thewebbing well fastened with good-sized tacksdriven obliquely near the edge, webbing and allwell painted ; they are drawn by cords, as seenin Fig. 106, passing through the pulleys, //,which are screwed to the strips g g, under thefirst slat, back through the other side, over apulley down into the room below. The striph h, covers the space over the pulleys whendown. The cord that draws the blinds off isfastened in the strip g, passing back under theblinds, over rollers (which are four inches in di-ameter at ends and centre, with groove forcord), and passing down into the room. Indrawing them back they fold nearly as per-. GLASS-HOUSE CONSTRUCTION. 101 The frame of tlie tent is made of spruce pine 2x3 inches, except the sixposts and foot pieces, whicli are 3x4 inches. The mortises and tenons arecast-iron. The posts are screwed into the mortises. The tent is pitched withthe ends east and west, the skylight to the north. The dark-room is in thewest end of the tent, in two apartments, size 4J x 8 feet, by 6 feet high. Itconsists of a frame with one upright post, and two arms, one 4J and the other8 J feet, making the length and width of the room, and fastened to the postswith strap hinges. On the end of each arm is a hook, which fastens to an eyein tlie plate. The frame is covered with double brown Canton flannel. The tent frame is covered with twelve-ounce canvas, lined with brownCanton flannel to exclude the light. Over and around the skylight are bluecurtains, to soften t^. light. We level the ground with saw-dust, and coverit with cocoa mattmg. It takes fifty-two y
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