Anthony's photographic bulletin for .. . should write to thefakir who sold them the process, but for the fact that they areobliged to enclose a dime or more for an answer from that source. These processes all amount to the same thing : That you can drawon zinc with a greasy ink, dust the latter with powdered resin, heat andetch with acid. That is all there is to it ; but the literary style of thedifferent process-mongers give a little variety to the otherwise monot-onous description. One correspondent sends us the printed descrip-tion of the process he received, thinking we should publish it a
Anthony's photographic bulletin for .. . should write to thefakir who sold them the process, but for the fact that they areobliged to enclose a dime or more for an answer from that source. These processes all amount to the same thing : That you can drawon zinc with a greasy ink, dust the latter with powdered resin, heat andetch with acid. That is all there is to it ; but the literary style of thedifferent process-mongers give a little variety to the otherwise monot-onous description. One correspondent sends us the printed descrip-tion of the process he received, thinking we should publish it ande the matter. This would do no good. Barnum was an authorityon the Subject, and I forgot how many fools lie had calculated werebon minute. Her in, bul I hey furnish HO fun to the man who paysfor them. You are told that A little practice will learn you to mani-pulate I 1 /.in i us< is thai commonly kept by tinners to put Shortly after the zinc cut is placed in the acid bath,. PHOTO BY BAKER ART GALLERY. FLASH-LIGHT STUDY. With Williams Flash Machine and Lumino. Background put in on back of negative with Strauss Marl,demonstrating the possibilities of this material in the hands of a competent printer. 6i small blubbers will form and a slight simmering ean be heard by hold-ing your ear elose to plate. When the simmering is inaudible with theear held close to it, it is safe to add a few drops of acid to the is a new idea. All etchers heretofore judged whether a platewas etching or not by sight. One of our best etchers is deaf; anotherhas most luxuriant whiskers, so neither can use this new wrinkle. The fact is there is no short cut to the making of good engravingsthat does not include the camera, and, instead of dispensing with thecamera, inventors are striving to utilize it still further in the making ofthe illustrations of the future, which must in general be better thanthey are to-day, for we are approaching a time when no crude cuts willbe tole
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