The advance of photography : its history and modern applications (1911)

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PHOTOGRAPHIC IMPORTANCE OF CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS 103 boiling water. He mixed the glue intended for the sausage skin with bichromate of potash, and exposed the glued parts to the light. This made the glue insoluble, and now the artificial skin endured boiling water thoroughly well. The number of sausage skins prepared in this way, by the chemical action of light, amounted to many hundred thousands. The importance of the chromium compounds in photographic process will become still more evident by referring to the chapters on " Book Illustrations " and the " Preparation of Photographic Prints." The early developments in which salts of chromium were used are the only ones mentioned in this chapter.