176 W. Crookes on the Wax-paper Photographic Process. 
Pee es 
far preferable; the + aE is smoother, and the various solutions _ 
Po much bette : 
59. e first piretibe which the paper has to undergo is : 
‘oii the bath for this purpose consists of 
Chlorid of sodium ee <. S100 piaing 
Distilled water. 40 ounces. 
Filter this into a clean dish, andl completely i immerse the sheets, 
marked as directed (27). This is best done ‘by laying them 
gently on the surface of the liquid, and then pressing them under — 
by passing a glass rod over them; as many sheets as the dish — 
will hold may be thus immersed one after the other. Allow — 
them to soak for about ten minutes, then lift and turn them over — 
in a body; afterwards they may be hung up to dry (38), com- 
mencing with the sheet which was first put in, When dry, they ; 
may be taken down and put aside for use at any future time. 
The sheets in drying generally curl up very much; it will there- 
fore be found convenient in the next i aa if the salted sheets, 
before being put away, have been allowed to remain in the 
pressure is tight, for about 24 Bours This makes them — 
ese ae 
othe os exciting bath is st eis of ws. 
Nitrate of silver . ‘ . 150 grains. : 
psa Water. 10 ounces. 
tering, ge ase: polntion into a clean dish; and seat : 
likely to be required in the course of a ll for they gradually 
turn brown by keeping, even in the dark, and lose sensitiveness. 
They will, however, keep much better, if — tight in the 
ressure frame, and thus protected from the : 
62. When a positive is to be printed Ranta a aieuaee let the 
glass of the pressure frame be perfectly cleansed and free from 
dust on both sides, then lay the negative on it, with its back to 
the glass. On it place a sheet of positive paper, with its sensi- 
tive side down. Then, having placed over, as a pad, several 
sheets of blotting paper, screw the back down with sufficient 
force to press the two. it 
80 as to sighed the 
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