Photographs

Examples

• No, interposed Crispin quickly, before Eunice could speak; we were discussing photographs on yonder sofa. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Before its introduction it was not possible to reproduce cheaply in printers’ ink shaded pictures like photographs, brush drawings, paintings, etc. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The quarters were small, the staff was composed of two men, and the entire work was confined to making photographs of the cars and parts for advertising literature. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Dozens of photographs of this sort, and all inscribed in this manner, were completed before I left Cumberland, and hundreds more remain to be done. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• These photographs, which may be considered the first durable ones that had been obtained, were, with one exception, taken on plates made of pewter. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The telephone clicked, and Archer, turning from the photographs, unhooked the transmitter at his elbow. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Marey was limited to a very few photographs, because the entire surface had to be stopped and started in connection with each exposure. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Photographs, eh? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• I have seen photographs and also I have seen them in the Circus of Price. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Licensees under Edison patents in this country alone produce upward of 60,000,000 feet of films annually, containing more than a billion and a half separate photographs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A great many persons want autographs, and some would like photographs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Beleaguered Paris communicates with outer world through Micro-Photographs. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• If properly treated, a negative remains good for years, and will serve for an indefinite number of positives or true photographs. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Hanging on the tail of a kite it photographs the face of mother earth, and, acting quicker than the lightning, it catches and defines the path of that erratic flash. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Photographs can be transferred and preserved for years which would have been soiled, faded, and ruined if allowed to remain on the card. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• As a further means of detection photographs of some irregular object are made, one of which is placed over the keyhole and the other is retained. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Photo-engraving is a process by means of which photographs may be used in forming plates from which prints in ink can be taken. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The first photographs had been taken. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Here, on the left hand, there stands a shop window filled with photographs of the celebrities and beauties of the day. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• This beautiful and valuable process of transferring photographs in plain or colored work has been taught at high prices under various high-sounding names, such as Roman art, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The photographs on the film, one by three-fourths of an inch in size, leave a margin of five thirty-seconds of an inch on each side. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In Fig. 200 is shown a succession of instantaneous photographs of a sportsman shooting a glass ball, and the firing of a disappearing gun. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Acknowledgment must also be made of the courtesy and assistance of Mrs. Edison, and especially of the loan of many interesting and rare photographs from her private collection. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• We have bought beads and photographs in the stores, and wax matches in the Great Square of St. Mark. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Sir Humphrey Davy, continuing Wedgwood’s experiments, and using chloride of silver instead of nitrate, succeeded in making photographs through a microscope, by using sunlight. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Edison himself knew nothing of Ducos, or that the suggestions had advanced beyond the single centrally located photographs of Muybridge and Marey. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Many attempts have been made, but hitherto without success, to obtain photographs coloured, as well as shaded, by nature. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• We no longer see any photographs, photo-engravings, photolithographs, or snap-shot cameras. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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