THE MICROSCOPE. 



Vol. V. ANN ARBOR, OCTOBER, 1885. No. 10. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



HOW TO MAKE PHOTO-MICROGRAPHS. 



BY W. H. WALMSLEY. 



DOUBTLESS most readers of " The Microscope " have had 

 occasion more than once to make drawings from objects 

 under observation ; and how many of them ever succeeded in 

 producing thoroughly satisfactory work ? The use of the Camera 

 Lucida is by no means an easy task to master, whilst the pro- 

 duction of a really perfect drawing by its means requires a 

 high order of artistic talent and acquirement, to say nothing of 

 the time consumed. Drawing under the camera is to be com- 

 mended as an instructor to the hand and eye, but the most elab- 

 orate drawing is merely an expression of what the artist thinks 

 he sees, and cannot for a moment rival a photograph which can 

 be readily and simply made in a few minutes, and from which 

 any required number of duplicates may be printed, or transpar- 

 encies made for projections on the screen, by a lantern. The 

 purpose for the present and future papers is to present to others 

 such plain and practical hints for successfully accomplishing 

 this work, as my experience and practice for a number of years 

 has made familiar to myself. If they should prove to be desir- 

 able to even one seeker after knowledge in this direction, I shall 

 feel amply repaid for the time and trouble required for jotting 

 them down. 



Any microscope possessing a joint whereby it can be in- 

 clined to a horizontal position, may be employed for the purpose, 



