TIIE COTTAGE HARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, January 5, 1858. 
WEEKLY CALENDAR. 
209 
D 
M 
D 
W 
JANUARY 5—11, 1858. 
5 
Tu 
Camellias. 
6 
W 
Epiphany. Twelfth Day. 
7 
Th 
Correa speciosa. 
8 
F 
Correa pulchella 
9 
S 
Cuphea platycentra. 
10 
Sun 
1 Sunday after Epiphany. 
11 
M 
Cinerarias. 
Weather near London in 1857. 
Barometer. 
Thermo. 
Wind. 
Rain in 
Inches. 
30.043—29.781 
35—28 
N.E. 
_ 
30.279—30.032 
36—25 
N.E. 
— 
30.346—30.304 
35—28 
N.E. 
— 
30.308—30.221 
42—35 
E. 
.11 
30.143—29.797 
48—40 
S.W. 
.71 
29.589—28.989 
51—38 
w. 
.27 
29.292—28.940 
45—24 
w. 
.07 
Sun 
Rises. 
' Sun 
Sets. 
Moon 
R. andS. 
Moon’s 
Age. 
Clock 
afterSun 
Day of 
Yeai\ 
8 a. 8 
4 a. 4 
11 a. 25 
20 
5 
42 
5 
i 
5 
morn. 
21 
6 
8 
6 
7 
6 
0 39 
sjJl 
6 
34 
7 
7 
7 
1 52 
23 
/ 
0 
8 
6 
9 
3 5 
24 
7 
25 
9 
6 
10 
4 18 
25 
7 
50 
10 
5 
12 
5 30 
26 
8 
14 
11 
Meteorology of the Week. —At Chiswick, from observations during the last twenty-eight years, the average highest and lowest 
temperatures of these days are 41.1° and 30.7°, respectively. The greatest heat, 44°, occurred on the 5th, in 1854 ; and the lowest cold, 7°, 
on the 6th, in 1841. During the period 112 days were fine, and on 84 rain fell. 
PHOTOGRAPHY POE THE MANY. 
(Continued from page 192.) 
DARK CHAMBER. 
As some of our readers will, no doubt, be able 
to appropriate an unused room to the purposes of 
photographic manipulation, we will give some idea 
of the arrangement of a dark chamber by means 
of the accompanying plan. 
D is the door, any crevice in which must be 
filled up. W is the window', furnished with a 
moveable screen composed of four thicknesses of 
yellow calico, or baize, stretched on a deal frame. 
T is the work-table, on which are placed baths, pre¬ 
paring glasses, and solutions necessary for the pro¬ 
cess, which the operator is employing. R is a 
range of shelves on either side the window. On 
the lower, at the left, are situated flat dishes con¬ 
taining fixing and toning solutions, and ’washing- 
pans. s is a sink, over which a w r ater-tap is fixed. 
P represents a set of wooden pegs for hanging 
cloths; above each peg is a label denoting the use 
of the cloth hanging thereon, 
N.B.— All bottles when not in use should be placed on the 
upper shelf ( R ) to the right of the photographer . 
PORTABLE DARK CHAMBER FOR 
PHOTOGRAPHING. 
Construct a tripod stand similar to that de¬ 
scribed at page 158, but with stouter legs; and for 
the top, a rectangular piece of wood 2'*&" x 1*8. 
Then procure two pieces of 
J-inch rod-iron, and bend them 
into the shape here shown. 
Pierce two holes in each end of 
the before - mentioned rectan¬ 
gular piece of wood to receive 
the feet (/) of the iron frames; 
which, being placed in position, 
are covered with a casing com¬ 
posed of three thicknesses of 
2'G' 
o 
yellow calico. An opening is left at each side for 
the hands, and at one end for the head of the 
manipulator. A sleeve fitted to each opening is 
encircled with a piece of elastic. 
The whole apparatus is here represented. 
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(/) 
ALBUMEN PRINTING PROCESS. 
By the following preparation a glossy appear¬ 
ance, unattainable by the ordinary process, is pro¬ 
duced. 
{Whites of two unboiled eggs. 
Aj 10 grains of common salt. 
(Beat well up together. 
Let stand for four hours. 
Filter through muslin into a flat porcelain dish. 
The farther preparation is a repetition of that 
at page 109, the egg solution being used instead 
of the salt "water; but substitute 7 0 grains for 
40 grains in solution A : and after the albuminized 
papers are dry, and before floating on the nitrate 
bath, it is desirable to place them, one by one, 
between two pieces of smooth paper, and pass a 
moderately-heated flat iron over them. 
This coagulates the albumen. 
We have thus endeavoured to give our readers 
an idea of photographic manipulation in its simplest 
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