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CD ROM Title: Ferrotype / Tintype Photography
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about this CD ROM publication further down the page.
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Originally authored by E
Estabrooke in the Civil War era and now preserved on a CD ROM
24 beautifully illuminated images in an easy to view PDF file format. Same
images in jpg file format also included in this CD ROM.
high resolution page
images up to 300% magnification
allows cut and paste of
page images.
allows high resolution print of any and all pages.
PDF files require the adobe
Acrobat Reader to view. A free copy of Acrobat Reader can be downloaded at www.
adobe .com
184 pages. Pages 1 to 11 are missing from the original book so scans could not
be made for these pages.
Contents:
Chapter I Positive Photography
Definition of terms- characteristics of positive pictures, reasons for
popularity of the ferrotype, brief History of photography.
Chapter II the Ferrotype
Its superiority over all other positive pictures
Chapter III The ferrotype gallery
Chapter IV the glass room
List of requisites of glass room. Construction of the glass room. Top light,
effect of, Side light. Advantages of combined top and side light. Devices to
exclude sunlight. Best method of shading light. the camera stand, camera boxes,
care of plate-holder, posing chair, head rests, curtain supports, copying stand,
table and table cover, ottomans, finishing stand, varnish.
Chapter V the dark room
Its contents, construction of the sink
Chapter VI Collodion
How to prepare gun cotton, proper solvents for gun cotton, direction for
selection of ether and alcohol, excitants, choice of excitants, Bingham’s
formula for double iodides and
Chapter VII
Silver, Nitrate of silver.
Chapter VIII
Developer and development
Proto-Sulphate of iron as a developer
Chapter IX
The collodion process
Chapter X.
Fog and other causes of failure
Chapter XI.
Composition and illumination
Chapter XII
Vignetters, Medallions, etc. The medallion ferrotype.
The non-reversed ferrotype.
Positive photographic impression on adamantean ferro plates. With a full
description of the apparatus and process of production, accompanied by a
specimen picture.
The non-reversed Medallion Ferrotype.
WARNING
The chemicals, processes, and procedures in this publication reflect a time in
the past when little was known about chemical toxicity or hazards and what
hazards were known were accepted in a much more cavalier manner.
There are in these processes and procedures and techniques many chemicals,
methods, and procedures that can easily result in serious physiological risks,
and even disaster, disease, and death.
From Cadmium risks to making guncotton for flash illumination to handling silver
compounds that can easily become fulminates and thus highly risky shock
sensitive high explosives, there are lots of ways to kill or maim yourself here.
If you are not a competent chemist, we don’t recommend trying to reproduce these
methods without some serious thought and advice from others more competent.
OK so much for the “you will die if you read this and do this” disclaimer
WOW
Yes this tome deserves a wow response. It truly does!
HISTORY OF A TECHNOLOGY THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
The tin-type and these related image technologies changed the world with
inexpensive capacity for anyone with a little skill to become photographers and
create high quality images of reasonable durability. This is the original
lasting image photographic system of economic and social significance. Before
this technology there were image systems but they suffered for being too
expensive, too fragile, or too difficult to use. Here we have a technology that
was cheap, easy, durable, and fairly reliable for anyone to use.
Literally changed and recorded history. Inexpensive and ubiquitous imaging
capacity was just the enabling technology for science, engineering and social
change needed to move humanity from a slow industrial growth to an explosion of
science and engineering and discovery unprecedented in human history. More than
just pictures, this is communication that changed history.
TECHNICAL HOW TO IN DETAIL
Detailed chemistry, formulae, methods, materials descriptions, make it clear how
to make anything needed from flash powder to silver light sensitive emulsions,
cadmium transfers, developing and fixing chemistry, everything from the simplest
to the more complicated is explained fully so that anyone can do the processes
properly. Remember that this is from an era when the goal of such books was to
actually educate the reader in practical skills and convey real knowledge,
unlike many of today’s tech manuals that are often more oriented to convincing
us how smart the author is! This one is a practical manual and instruction
handbook on all aspects of the technology, chemistry, science involved so that
you can actually build and do the work to make good images.
UNDERSTANDING OF COMPONENTS / SYSTEM - ILLUSTRATED
Throughout the tome there are illustrations of key components and technologies
from this wonderful era. Whether a collector of tin-types, museum, or someone
determined to create their own images the old fashioned way, the clear
explanations and illustrations / drawings here make it easy to understand
exactly how things work and what each component does in the system. Bravo for
clarity the old fashioned way.
CD is Microsoft Windows and MAC compatible.
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