. St. Nicholas [serial]. ^tin under The treeswithout ^e /or cover. / /. a-Ball. wilh covennj oslra>\v Wken fromi>tir round. J I. AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH (AND KEY) MADE IN FRANCE BY U. S. ARMY AIR SERVICE effectively. It can best be evaded by skilfulmanceuvers. Through a hole in the fuselage, or body of themachine, a camera points earthward, capable ofreproducing a considerable area on each plateexposed. The device with which the snap-shotsare taken is as simple as it is ingenious, and it isalmost fool proof. It is the duty of the ob-server to take the photo
. St. Nicholas [serial]. ^tin under The treeswithout ^e /or cover. / /. a-Ball. wilh covennj oslra>\v Wken fromi>tir round. J I. AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH (AND KEY) MADE IN FRANCE BY U. S. ARMY AIR SERVICE effectively. It can best be evaded by skilfulmanceuvers. Through a hole in the fuselage, or body of themachine, a camera points earthward, capable ofreproducing a considerable area on each plateexposed. The device with which the snap-shotsare taken is as simple as it is ingenious, and it isalmost fool proof. It is the duty of the ob-server to take the photographs; of the pilot, topass over the exact ground detailed for observa-tion. While the aviators are making their aeroplaneready, other men are carefully examining, forany possible defects, the camera to be used onthe trip, and putting on board the machine theplates and all other necessary paraphernalia. Then a photographic officer shows the observer-photographer, on a rough sketch, the area to bephotographed, and when all is ready and instruc-tions fully given and understood, th
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