' HAMILTON SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATION 83 



of the earlier varieties of paper, until now we find that to enumer- 

 ate the various brands of photographic papers prepared and on sale 

 would be quite a task, and to dare say which in our humble judg- . 

 ment is the best is altogether too dangerous to attempt. 



From the crude plate of a quarter of a century ago to the 

 double-coated non-ablation color sensitive lightning speed dry plate 

 of to-day is a great stride, and I am afraid that the best of us little 

 appreciate the great difficulties that confronted our predecessors, 

 for if the present-day " fiend " was required to follow the manipu- 

 lations as in the Dagurre process, our membership would be limited 

 indeed. 



The paper dealt with photographic lenses and the many useful 

 applications of photography and suggested many new fields. Some 

 50 slides were shown, illustrative of early photography and meth- 

 ods, together with comparative views of modern appliances, meth- 

 ods and work of local members. 



