 I have now briefly mentioned appears to me to partake of the character of the marvellous, almost as much as any fact which physical investigation has yet brought to our knowledge. The most transitory of things, a shadow, the proverbial emblem of all that...  The Chemistry of Photography - Page 377by William Jerome Harrison - 1892 - 426 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Industrial arts - 1839 - 520 pages
...appears to me to partake of the character o{ the marueUous, any fact to <KH «A PHOTOGENIC DRAWINO. bini emblem of all that is fleeting and momentary, may...at least be accepted as a new proof of the value of the inductive methods of modern science, which by noticing the occurrence of unusual circumstances... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1839 - 508 pages
...brought to our knowledge. The most transitory of things, a shadow, the prover348 PHOTOGENIC DRAWING. bial emblem of all that is fleeting and momentary, may...at least be accepted as a new proof of the value of the inductive methods of modern science, which by noticing the occurrence of unusual circumstances... | |
 | 1839 - 504 pages
...the proverbial emblem of all that is fleeting and momentary, may be fettered by the spells of onr " natural magic," and may be fixed for ever in the position...at least be accepted as a new proof of the value of the inductive methods of modern science, which by noticing the occurrence of unusual circumstances... | |
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...investigation has yet brought to our knowledge. The most transitory of things— a shadow, the most proverbial emblem of all that is fleeting and momentary—...single instant to occupy. This remarkable phenomenon, d> whatever value it may turn out in its application to the arts, will, at least, be accepted as a... | |
 | Periodicals - 1839 - 272 pages
...transitory of things, the proverbial emblem of all that is fleeting and momentary, may be permanently fixed in the position which it seemed only destined for a single instant to occupy. Such is the fact, that •we may receive on paper the fleeting shadow, arrest it there, and in the... | |
 | Physics - 1839 - 1198 pages
...suffered nothing, but retains its perfect whiteness. § 4. On the Art ofjIxing a Shadow. The phsenomenon which I have now briefly mentioned appears to me to...destined for a single instant to occupy. This remarkable pha¿nomenon, of whatever value it may turn out in its application to the arts, will at least be accepted... | |
 | Larry J. Schaaf, William Henry Fox Talbot - Science - 1996 - 457 pages
...fleeting and momentary, may be fettered by the spells of our ^natural magic,' and may be fixed forever in the position which it seemed only destined for a single instant to occupy."' 7 In spite of his own acceptance of this negative representation, Talbot realized that it would not... | |
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...emblem of all that is fleeting and momentary, may be fettered by the spells of our ''natural magici and may be fixed for ever in the position which it...seemed only destined for a single instant to occupy. . . . Such is the fact, that we may receive on paper the fleeting shadow, arrest it there and in the... | |
 | D. Draaisma - History - 2000 - 268 pages
...and momentary, may be fettered by the spells of 'our natural magic', and maybe fixed for ever in a position which it seemed only destined for a single instant to occupy . . . Such is the fact, that we may receive on paper the fleeting shadow, arrest it there and in the... | |
 | Geoffrey Batchen - Photography - 2002 - 254 pages
...Talbot comes up with a descriptive phrase that contains elements of each: "the art of fixing a shadow": "The most transitory of things, a shadow, the proverbial...seemed only destined for a single instant to occupy. . . . Such is the fact, that we may receive on paper the fleeting shadow, arrest it there and in the... | |
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