Proceedings of the Photographic al Section. 1079 



raountams and along the line of the** Pacific railroad. Upon request 

 of sereral members he narrated many incidents of his summer work. 

 In some instances he had transported water as far as seventy miles 

 in order to secure negatives i]i districts where no water could he 

 found sufficiently free from foreign matter to admit of its being used 

 in photographic manipulations. 



His apparatus had been manufactured expressly for work on the 

 great plains and in mountain districts, and was, in all its parts, as 

 light as consistent with the required strength. The camera which 

 he exhibited, and with which he had made over 1,000 negatives, con- 

 sisted of a cone bellows, the supporting wood work of which was 

 strongly strapped with brass and supported by a detachable base in 

 the form of a cross, along the shaft of which ran a brass-edged 

 groove, into which was fitted a sliding rod. To the front end of this 

 rod was attached the small end of the bellows frame carrying the 

 lense, while to the back end was fixed the focusing screw. When 

 the camera box was remcwed from its consiform base and the bellows 

 closed, it packed in a light case about sixteen inches square and six 

 inches deep, the whole weighing but a few pounds, which he consid- 

 ered an important feature when working many hundred miles from 

 the outskirts of civilization, with no means of transportation, except 

 by refractory mules, occasionally indulging in a roll doM^n the moun- 

 tain side, and keeping their load under at least half the time. 



Captain Russell had, on some occasions, with his assistant, carried 

 his entire apparatus fifty miles from camp, remaining out several 

 days, living on wild game during the entire trip. At one time, 

 while making views on the shores of a lake 11,000 feet above the 

 sea, he was obliged to suspend operations during a continuous storm 

 which raged three weeks. 



At the close of Captain Russell's remarks, upon motion of Mr. 

 Anthony, it was ordered that the approval of the camera exhibited 

 by Captain Russell, be entered upon the minutes of the Section. 



It was also ordered that an engraving and electrotype duplicates 

 of the same be made for publication in American journals, together 

 with aMescription, which Capt. Russell was requested to furnish. 



On motion of Mr. Anthony, the following resolution was unani- 

 mously adopted : 



liesolved, That the American Institute be requested to place to the 

 credit of itsPhotographical Section, one hundred dollars, to be applied 

 in engraving such apparatus and novel inventions as relate to photo- 



