Jack Fulton wrote:
> These are terrific resources albeit esoteric.
> I love 'em and look forward to moments of perusal during rainy days.
> Thanks.
> Jack Fulton
>
>
> On Mar 22, 2005, at 7:15 PM, 3legskilled@thesciencebookstore.com wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I was doing some upkeep on my website and discovered that among
> the many links on it for extexts were the following three in the
> history of photography. Perhaps this will be use to someone.
>
> John Ptak
> JF Ptak Science Books
> http://www.thesciencebookstore.com
>
> Photography
>
> Humphrey. The American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype by S. D.
> Humphrey (Gutenberg text)
> http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=167
>
>
> Lea. A Manual of Photography by Mathew Carey Lea (page images at MOA)
> http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/cgi/sgml/moa-idx?notisid=AEL5141
>
>
> Snelling. The History and Practice of the Art of Photography
> by Henry H. Snelling (Gutenberg text)
> http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=168
>
>
> I had an opportunity to peruse M.C. Lea "Amanual for Photography",
> thank you John for this chance. At page 310 of the e-text the author
> descibes gum printing breifly, and goes on to say "perfectly pure
> whites can be obtained by adding albumen to the mixture, and not
> otherwise." Does any one know what Lea is talking about?
Received on Wed Mar 23 09:41:26 2005
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