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

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126 THE ADVANCE OF PHOTOGRAPHY When the required degree of diffusion has once been obtained it can be repeated at pleasure by noting the position of a pointer on a fixed scale. The pleasing results which can be obtained by a judicious use of diffusion is well illustrated in Plates II.V. The Fig. 42. first of these shows the result when a book illustration is prepared from a photograph obtained with a Cooke lens, the object being perfectly in focus, so that its image is extremely clear cut and sharp, all its details being clearly brought out. The next three illustrate prints obtained with increasing degrees of diffusion. When held in the hand and closely examined, it is quite