Handbook of the practice and art of photography (1875)
Vogel, Hermann Wilhelm, 1834-1898, Molling, Edward F · Philadelphia, Benerman & Wilson · leaf 126
to it. The bath is generally placed into a wooden box of convenient form, and fixed in an inclined position. The box, K, is provided with a lid having a slit, B, in it. The sides of the bath, front and back, must be curved to prevent the tender collodion film from touching them. Porcelain baths are… … India-rubber baths,' on account of the resinous organic matter con- tained in them, will in course of time affect the bath injuriously. For lowering the plate into the bath an instrument, made either of glass or silver wire, called a dipper, is used ; the lower end is bent so as to form a hook on…
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