The American annual of photography . ermarks, and wire mesh marks in paper; also the fibre ofthe paper. Sometimes erasures are shown up best by trans-mitted light. Photographs are essential in many cases, because it is neces-sary to make a juxtaposition comparison. After photograph-ing and printing the disputed and standard documents naturalsize, the parts necessary for comparison can be clipped fromthe prints and be arranged and pasted on thin cardboard orheavy paper. These clippings thus arranged can then be fur-ther enlarged up to any desired diameter. This makes a fairand effectual way of
The American annual of photography . ermarks, and wire mesh marks in paper; also the fibre ofthe paper. Sometimes erasures are shown up best by trans-mitted light. Photographs are essential in many cases, because it is neces-sary to make a juxtaposition comparison. After photograph-ing and printing the disputed and standard documents naturalsize, the parts necessary for comparison can be clipped fromthe prints and be arranged and pasted on thin cardboard orheavy paper. These clippings thus arranged can then be fur-ther enlarged up to any desired diameter. This makes a fairand effectual way of making the comparison and of showingthe facts. If the writings are actually unlike, it will be easierto see their unlikeness when enlarged in this way. On theother hand, if the writings are alike, this fact will be demon-strated by such an enlarged comparison. Comparisons cannot be properly made unless the writingsto be compared are brought side by side; and for persons un-accustomed to making such comparisons (jurymen for exam- 292. (a Q O o <a. pie) it is absolutely necessary to have the things to be com-pared arranged in this way. There can be no reasonable objection to the use of photo-micrographs. It would be as reasonable to object to the useof a microscope, or for that matter, to the use of eyeglasses bythe jury or witnesses. Some few judges have ruled that onlyphotographs of entire documents may be used. When a twelvediameter (one hundred and forty-four times) photograph ofparts of a document is offered, arranged on prints 11x14inches, it will be readily seen that if an entire document 8^ x 11inches in size was enlarged to the same degree, a documenteleven feet long would result; and the point aimed at—closecomparison of significant characteristics—would be eleven feetfurther away than in the natural size. While bromide enlargements may occasionally be useful, inthe great majority of cases direct enlargements are better sincethey give sharper definition. If an en
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