Mar. 12. 1853.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES; 



275 



■pOSSS PHOTOGRAPHIC 



XL PORTRAIT AND LANDSCAPE 

 EeNSES.— These lenses give correct delinition 

 at the centre and margin of the picture, and 

 have their visual and chemical actmg foci 

 coiucideut. 



Great Exhibition Jurors' Beports, p. 274. 



" Mr. Ross prepares lenses for Portraiture 

 having the greatest intensity yet produced, by 

 procuring the coincidence of tlie chemical ac- 

 tinic and visual rays. The splierical aberra- 

 tion is also very carefully corrected, both in the 

 central and oblique pencils." 



" Mr. Ross has exliibited the best Camera in 

 the Exhibition. It is furnished with a double 

 achromatic object-lens, about three inches 

 aperture. There is no stop, the field is flat, and 

 the image very perfect up to the edge." 



Catalogues sent upon Application. 



A. ROSS, 2. Feathcrstone Buildings, High 



Holborn. 



TO PHOTOGRAPHERS. — 

 MR. PHILIP DELAMOTTE begs to 

 announce tliat he has now made arrangements 

 for printing Calotypes in large or small quan- 

 tities, either from Paper or Glass Negatives. 

 Gentlemen who are desirous of liaving good im- 



Sressions of their works, may see specimens of 

 Ir. Delamotte's Prirtting at his own residence, 

 38. Chepstow Place, Bayswater, or at 

 MB. GEORGE BELL'S, 186. Fleet Street. 



PHOTOGRAPHY.— XYLO- 

 IODIDE OF SILVER, prepared solely 

 by R. W. THOMAS, has now obtained an 

 European fame ; it supersedes the use of all 

 other preparations of Collodion. Witness the 

 subjoined Testimonial. 



" 122. Regent Street. 

 " Dear Sir, —Tn answer to your inquiry of 

 this morning. I have no hesitation in saying 

 that your preparation of Collodion is incom- 

 parably better and more sensitive than all the 

 advertised CoUodio-Iodides. which, for my 

 professional purposes, are quite useless when 

 compared to yours. 



" I remain, dear Sir, 



" Youis faithfully. 



^* ^. Hjknneman. 

 Aug. 30, 1852. 

 To Mr. R. W. Thomas." 



MR. R. "W. THOMAS begs most earnestly to 

 caution photographers against purchasing im- 

 pure chemicals, which are now too frequently 

 Bold at very low prices. It is to this cause nearly 

 always that their labours are unattended with 

 success. 



Chemicals of absolute purity, especially pre- 

 pared for this art, may be obtained from R. W. 

 THOMAS, Chemist and Professor of Photo- 

 graphy, 10. Pall Mall. 



N.E — The name of Mr. T.'s prenaration, 

 Xylo-Todide of Silver, is made use of by un- 

 principled persons. To prevent imposition each 

 Dottle is stamped with a red label bearing the 

 maker's signature. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC PIC- 

 TURES.- a Selection of the above 

 beautiful Productions may be seen at BLAND 

 & LONG'S, 153. Fleet Street, where may also 

 be procured Apparatus of every Description, 

 and pure Chemicals for the practice of Photo- 

 graphy in all its Branches. 



Calotype, Daguerreotype, and Glass Pictures 

 for the Stereoscope. 



BLAND & LONG, Opticians, Philosophical 

 and Photographical Instrument Makers, and 

 Operative Chemists, 153. Fleet Street. 



PHOTOGRAPHY. — HORNE 

 St CO.'S Iodized Collodion, for obtaining 

 Instantaneous Views, and Portraits in from 

 three to thirty seconds, according to light. 



Portraits obtained by the above, for delicacy 

 of detail rival the choicest Daguerreotypes, 

 specimens of which may be seen at their Esta- 

 blishment. 



Also every description of Apparatus, Che- 

 micals, &c. &c. used in this beautifiil Art. .— 

 123. and 121. Newgate Street. 



PHOTOGRAPHY. — Collodion 

 (Iodized with the Ammonio-Iodide of 

 Silver).— J. B. HOCKIN & CO., Chemists, 289. 

 Strand, were the first in England who pub- 

 lished the application of this agent (see Athe- 

 lUKtwi, Aug. 14th). Their Collodion (price 

 9(/. per oz.) retains its extraordinary sensitive- 

 ness, tenacity, and colour unimpaired for 

 months : it may be exported to any climate, 

 and the Iodizing Compound mixed as required. 

 J. B. HOCKIN & CO. manufacture PURE 

 CHEMICALS and all APPARATUS with 

 the latest Improvements adapted for all the 

 Photographic and Daguerreotype processes. 

 Cameras for Developing in the open Country. 

 GLASS BATHS adapted to any Camera. 

 Ijcnses from the best Makers. Waxed and 

 Iodized Papers, &c. 



Just published, price 1»., free by Post Is. 4d., 



THE WAXED -PAPER PHO- 

 TOGRAPHIC PROCESS of GUSTAVE 

 LE GRAYS NEW EDITION. Translated 

 from the French. 



Sole Agents in the United Kingdom for 

 VOIGHTLANDER & SON'S celebrated 

 Lenses for Portraits and Views. 



General DepOt for Turner's, Whatman's, 

 Canson Fibres', La Croix, and other Talbotype 

 Papers. 



Pure Photographic Chemicals. 



Instructions and Specimens in every Branch 

 of the Art. 



GEORGE KNIGHT & SONS, Foster Lane, 

 London. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER.— 

 Negative and Positive Papers of What- 

 man's, Turner's, Sanford's, and Canson 

 Fr&res' make. Waxed-Paper for Le Gray's 

 Process. Iodized and Sensitive Paper for every 

 kind of Photography. 



Sold by JOHN SANFORD, Photographic 

 Stationer, Aldiue Chambers, 13. Paternoster 

 Row, London. 



WESTERN LIFE ASSU- 

 RANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY, 

 3. PARLIAMENT STREET, LONDON. 

 Founded A.D. 1842. 



Directors. 



H. E. Bicknell, Esq. 



W. Cabell, Esq. 



T. S. Cocks, Jun. Esq. 



MP. 

 G. H. Drew, Esq. 

 W, Evans, Esq. 

 W. Freeman, Esq. 

 F. Fuller, Esq. 



J. H. Goodhart, Esq. 

 T Grissell, Esq. 

 J. Hunt, Esq. 

 J. A. Lethbridge, Esq. 

 E. Lucas, Esq. 

 J. Lys Seager, Esq. 

 J. B. White, Esq. 

 J. Carter Wood, Esq. 

 Trustees. 

 W. Whateley, Esq., Q.C. : L. 0. Humfrey, 

 Esq., Q.C. ; George Drew, Esq. 



Physician William Rich. Basham, M.D. 



Banters. — Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., 

 Charing Cross. 

 VALUABLE PRIVILEGE. 

 POLICIES effected in this Office do not be- 

 come void through temporary difficulty in pay- 

 ing a Premium, as permission is given upon 

 application to suspend the payment at interest, 

 according to the conditions detailed in the Pro- 

 spectus. 



Specimens of Rates of Premium for Assuring 

 100?., with a Share in three-fourtha of the 

 Profits: — 



Age 

 17- 

 22 - 

 27- 



£ s. d. 



- 1 14 4 



- 1 18 8 



- 2 4 5 



Age 

 32- 

 37- 

 42- 



3 8 2 



ARTHUR SCRATCHLEY, M.A., F.R.A.S., 

 Actuary. 

 Now ready, price 10s. 6rf., Second Edition, 

 with material additions, INDUSTRIAL IN- 

 VESTMENT and E.MIGRATION: being a 

 TREATISE on BENEFIT BUILDING SO- 

 CIETIES, and on the General Principles of 

 Land Investment, exemplified in the Cases of 

 Freehold Land Societies, Building Companies, 

 &c. With a Mathematical Appendix on Com- 

 pound Interest and Life Assurance. By AR- 

 THUR SCRATCHLEY, M. A., Actuary to 

 the Western Life Assurance Society, 3. Parlia- 

 ment Street, London. 



ESTLABLISHED 1841. 



mcEDXCAZi, xsrvjaOiXD, 



AND 



CrBxn:&a.:& XiZZ^B ozfFZCE, 



25. PALL MALL. 



_ During the last Ten Tears, this Society has 

 issued more than Four Tliousand One Hundred 

 and Fifty Policies — 



Covering Assurances to the extent of 0«e 

 Million Six Huwlred and Eightj/savcn Thou- 

 sand PouTuJSf aiuX upwards 



Yielding Annual Premiums amounting to 



Seventy-three Thousand Founds. 



This Society is the only one possessing Tables 

 for the Assurance of Diseased Lives. 



Healthy Lives Assured at Home and Abroad 

 at lower rates than at most other Offices. 



A Bonus of 50 per cent, on the premiums paid 

 was added to the policies at last Division. of 

 Profits. 



Next Division in 1853— in which all Policies 

 effected before 30th June, 1853, will participate. 



Agents wanted for vacant places. 



Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every 

 other information, may be obtained of the 

 Secretary at the Chief Office, or on application 

 to any of the Society's Agents in the coimtry. 



F. G. P. NEISON, Actuary. 



C. DOUGLAS SINGER, Secretary. 



UNITED KINGDOM LIFE 

 ASSURANCE COMPANY; established 



by Act of Parliament in 1834 8. Waterloo 



Place, Pall Mall, London. 



HONORARY PRESIDENTS. 

 Earl of Courtown 

 Earl Leven and Mel- 

 ville 



Earl of Norbury 

 Earl of Stair 

 Viscount Falkland 



Lord Elphinstone 

 Lord Belhaven and 



Stenton 

 Wm. Campbell, Esq., 



of Tillichewan. 



LONDON BOARD. 



Chairman. — Charles Graham, Esq. 



Deputy-Chairman Charles Downes, Esq. 



H. Blair Avarne, Esq. 

 E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., 



F.S.A., Resident. 

 C. Berwick Curtis, 



Esq. 

 William Fairlie, Esq. 



D. Q. Ilenriques, Esq. 

 ,T. G. Henriques, Esq. 

 F. C. Maitland, Esq. 

 William Railton, Esq. 

 F. H. Thomson, Esq. 

 Thomas Thoiby,Esq. 



MEDICAL OFFICERS. 



Physician — Arthur II. Hassall, Esq., M.D., 



8. Bennett Street, St. James's. 



Surgeon.— "E. H. Thomson, Esq., 48. Bemeis 



Street. 



The Bonus added to Policies from March. 

 1834, to December 31. 1847, is as follows : — 



Sum 

 Assured. 



5000 



«1000 



50» 



Time 



Assured. 



14 years 

 7 years 

 1 year 



Sum added to 

 Policy. 



In 1841. In 1848. 



Sum 

 payable 

 atJDeath. 



11 50 



£ s.d. 

 6470 16 8 

 1157 10 



511 5 



* Example. — At the commencement of the 

 year 1 84 1 , a person aged thirty took out a Policy 

 for lOOOi., the annual payment for which is 

 •2il. Is. %d. ; in 1847 he had paid in premiums 

 168?. lis. 8rf. ; but the profits being 2f per cent, 

 per annum on the sum insured (which is 

 22?. 10s. per annum for each 1000/.) he had 

 157?. 10s. added to the Policy, almost as much 

 as the premiums paid. 



The Premiums, nevertheless, are on themost 

 moderate scale, and only one-half Tieed be paid 

 for the first five years, when the Insurance is 

 for Life. Every information will be afforded 

 on apidieatlou to the Resideot XUieotor. 



