Instantaneous photography.

Bibliographic Details
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [New York] : [Scientific American, Inc.], [1881]
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Description
Item Description:Caption title.
Report of a photography demonstration at the Engineer School of Application, Willet's Point, N.Y. on June 6, 1881. The exploding of a mule was photographed to illustrate the sensitivity of photo-gelatin plates. Engravings show "Before the explosion" and "After the explosion." The photo-gelatin plate is also after the explosion.
Detached from: Scientific American, September 24, 1881.
Purchased for the Cushing Library/Kelsey Americana collection by The Cushing Library.
The Cushing Library/Kelsey Americana copy contains an additional article Photographs of moving animals possibly from the Alameda Time-Star attributed to the San Francisco Post, circa 1880's. It discussed the zoopraxiscope which was used to take the photographs.
Physical Description:page 194 : illustrations ; 41 cm. + 1 photograph-gelatin plate (black and white ; 13 x 19 cm.)