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Mr. Tillman said the art must ultimately advance until por- 

 traits can be taken thus. 

 Mr. Johnson concurred. 



Mr. Seeley concurred; he also thought M. Neipce St. Dennis, of 

 France, had done little if any more than had been done in making 

 light latent. Many years ago pictures, he added, could be en- 

 larged to any extent desired. 



Mr. Anthony said pictures could be enlarged ad libitum by the 

 solar camera. He doubted the practicability of a Photographic 

 Society here. People have too little leisure. 



Mr. Burgess thought pictures could be " printed" from a nega- 

 tive in from three to fifteen minutes, at a cost of from three to six 

 cents. 



Messrs. Stetson, Cohen and Seeley were appointed a committee 

 to serve on the duty alluded to early in the evening. The ques- 

 tion submitted to this committee was, on motion of Mr. Seeley, 

 amended by substituting the following : 



Mr. Grant thought the Photographic Society should be formed 

 by amatuers. He said an average of three minutes three seconds 

 now sufficed to take and finish pictures. The first instantaneous 

 pictures were in 1853. 



The question for the next meeting was announced to be " The 

 Economy of High Pressure Steam." 



Adjourned. T. D. STETSON, Secretary pro tern. 



April 28, 1858. 



Present — Thomas B. Stillman, Chairman, Mr. Haskell, Mr. 

 Johnson, Mr. Seeley, Mr. Cohen, Alanson Nash, Mr. Fisher, Mr. 

 Reynolds, Mr. Stetson, and others — about thirty in all. 



Secretary Meigs being unwell, Mr. Haskell was appointed 

 Secretary pro tern. 



Mr. Nash offered the following resolution, seconded by Mr. 

 Cohen : 



Resolved^ That the Secretary and the presiding officer of the 

 Club be authorised to make the official report of the proceedings 



