46 Modern Photography. 



work, and showed examples of the way in which combination 

 printing is effected. He referred to the number of uses to which 

 photography is now put, observing that it would be hard to 

 mention any profession or business in which it is not at times 

 useful. He pointed out that in the legal profession documents are 

 being constantly photographed for use in court, and in at least 

 one case in America criminals have been detected by camera. 

 Photography is also valuable to the medical profession. He 

 knew of at least two medical books in preparation in which 

 micro-photographs would be largely employed as illustrations. 

 The use of photography for military purposes was also referred 

 to, as were its utility in the reproduction of pictures, even in the 

 hands of exhibitors at the Royal Academy, and to the physicist, 

 the archaeologist, the geologist, the antiquarian, and the astro- 

 nomer. He concluded in the words of the quaint old physician 

 and philosopher of the seventeenth century — " The wisdom of 

 God receives small honour from those vulgar heads that rudely 

 stare about, and with a gross rusticity admire His works. Those 

 magnify Him whose judicious inquiry into His acts and deli- 

 berate research into His creatures return the duty of a devout 

 and learned admiration." 



The lecture was spoken to by Mr. John Brown, Dr. Everett, 

 Mr. W. Swanston, and the President. 



