Notes and Queries, Number 200, August 27, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Number 200, August 27, 1853: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc.
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"Stranger,
Beneath this _cone_, in _unconsecrated_ ground,
A friend to the liberties of mankind directed
His body to be inurned."
The expression in each case, respecting the place of his interment, seems
scarcely strong enough for us to conclude it was a _windmill_. Perhaps J.
H. M. will kindly favour me with the authority for his statement. Nares
has made the following note on the epitaph at the bottom of the page:
"I heard John Wilkes, after praising Baskerville, add, 'But he
was a terrible infidel; he used to shock me!'"
R. W. ELLIOT.
Clifton.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC CORRESPONDENCE.
[At the suggestion of several correspondents we have reprinted
from _The Athenæum_ of the 22nd Nov. 1851, the article
detailing the new process by Mr. Muller referred to by the Rev.
MR. SISSON in our last Number.]
_Mr. Muller's Process._--"The following photographic process has been
communicated to us by Mr. C. J. Muller, from Patna in the East Indies.
We have submitted it to an experienced photographer; and he informs us
that it offers many advantages over the Talbotype or the Catalissotype
of Dr. Woods, which it somewhat resembles; that it is easy in all its
manipulatory details, and certain in its results. We give Mr. Muller's
own words--
"'A solution of hydriodate of iron is made in the proportion of eight
or ten grains of iodide of iron to one ounce of water. This solution I
prepare in the ordinary way with iodine, iron-turnings, and water.--The
ordinary paper employed in photography is dressed on one side with a
solution of nitrate of lead (fifteen grains of the salt to an ounce
of water). When dry, this paper is iodized either by immersing it
completely in the solution of the hydriodate of iron, or by floating
the leaded surface on the solution. It is removed after the lapse of a
minute or two, and lightly dried with blotting-paper. This paper now
contains iodide of lead and protonitrate of iron. While still moist, it
is rendered sensitive by a solution of nitrate of silver (one hundred
grains to the ounce) and placed in the camera. After an exposure of the
duration generally required for Talbot's paper, it may be removed to a
dark room. If the image is not already out, it will be found speedily
to appear in great strength and with beautiful sharpness _without any
farther application_. The yellow tinge of the lights may be removed by a
little hyposulphite of soda, though simple washing in water seems to be
sufficient to fix the picture. The nitrate of lead nay be omitted; and
plain paper only, treated with the solution of the hydriodate of iron,
and acetic acid may be used with the nitrate of silver, which renders it
more sensitive. The lead, however, imparts a peculiar colorific effect.
The red tinge brought about by the lead may be changed to a black one by
the use of a dilute solution of sulphate of iron:--by which, indeed, the
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