Anthony's photographic bulletin for .. . Y ANTHONYS Photographic Bulletin EDITORS : Prof. CHARLES F. CHANDLER, , J. HARRISON. Vol. XXVII. MARCH, 1896. No. 3. THE NEW PHOTOGRAPHY. DR. W. C. RONTGENS announcement that certain substances, hith-erto considered to be photographically opaque, are transparent tocertain rays, and that this transparency may be demonstrated photograph-ically, has attracted to an un-precedented degree the atten-tion of the lay and scientificpress and of the public. Thewidespread interest evincedby the general public, and theeagerness for details of th
Anthony's photographic bulletin for .. . Y ANTHONYS Photographic Bulletin EDITORS : Prof. CHARLES F. CHANDLER, , J. HARRISON. Vol. XXVII. MARCH, 1896. No. 3. THE NEW PHOTOGRAPHY. DR. W. C. RONTGENS announcement that certain substances, hith-erto considered to be photographically opaque, are transparent tocertain rays, and that this transparency may be demonstrated photograph-ically, has attracted to an un-precedented degree the atten-tion of the lay and scientificpress and of the public. Thewidespread interest evincedby the general public, and theeagerness for details of themethods and for results, aretributes to the power of thecable and newspapers, and in-dicate a high average of in-telligence. Indeed, never be-fore has so much excitementbeen aroused, and, perhaps,never before has a subjectbeen so intelligently dis-cussed. That the results ob-tained and the method ofobtaining them are truly re-markable every one will con-cede. True it is that carpingcritics will urge that this isnothing new, that Lenard. Exposure. Twent\ Living Frog Through Sheet of by A. C. Swinton. and others have suggested somewhat similar methods and accomplishedmore or less perfect results ; but to Professor Rontgen we can safelygive the credit of successfully following up the preliminary or accident- (Copyright, 1896, bv E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO.) 7° ally obtained effects, and for demonstrating, in a practical manner,the method of using the so-called X rays for photographic readers are doubtless familiar with newspaper reports, and com-prehend that a Crookes tube is excited electrically, and that fromsuch a tube certain rays proceed that are capable of penetrating wood,ebonite, flesh, and other substances, possessing at the same time thepower of affecting sensitive photographic plates in a manner similar tothe ordinary light of day. The Crookes tube is a glass tube from which the air has been ex-hausted to about jo oo oo o °f an atmosp
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