Re: Formulas circa 1949


KLIN (isabella32@earthlink.net)
Sun, 20 Jun 1999 06:50:01 -0700


Niall Connolly wrote:
Hello,

  I would be quite interested in any toning formulas (for silver and
alt-processes) as well as any formulas for warm-tone paper developers.

thanks,

WIlliam Linne
> Tucked away in my parents house I found a book titled 'Money Making
> Formulas' published by Angus & Robertson. This book contains a substantial
> section on photographic formulas described as "an extensive selection of
> well tried recipes relating to all branches of dry and wet plate
> photography".
>
> Mindful of the recent exchanges about formulas, I would be pleased to share
> the recipes listed in this book with others on the list. I am sure that
> many of the recipes will be well known but there may be some that are of
> interest.
>
> As a measure of the book's substance, I was very impressed to find formulas
> and charts to guide the practitioner in steel facing of copper plates. In
> etching circles this is common-place but ther are only two suppliers that I
> know of in London. This book not only details the method but also charts
> amperage and surface area.
>
> I am making a general list of the formulas and if anyone has any specific
> interests possibly they can email me and I will send them the list.
>
> Again, mindful of the exchanges regarding hazard, please seek qualified
> oversight of any formula presented by this book.
>
> Regards to all
>
> Niall Connolly
> London UK
> 101355.1367@compuserve.com



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