Punch,  12 (1847), 249.

The Sun Snuffed Out

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Photography, Magnetism, Instruments


    Reports that the 'dip has been burning at both ends lately': the discovery of the 'dip of the magnetic needle' followed by the use of lighted candles in portrait photography.



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