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Identifier: scientificnewsfo11887lond (find matches)
Title: Scientific news for general readers; a popular illustrated weekly journal of science
Year: 1887 (1880s)
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Publisher: London
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some time that photographs couldbe taken by moonhght, but it is only lately that reallygood examples have been produced. Moonhght is, of course,less powerful than sunlight, and, therefore, very sensitiveplates must be used, and the exposure must be long. Withthese precautions it is, however, possible to obtain excellentresults, and the original of the view taken at Lyons whichwe have endeavoured to reproduce is extremely good, manydetails being very clearly brought out if a glass is used. FERMENTATION.—II. IT is now ten years since the discoveries of MonsieurPasteur were made known in translation * to theEnglish people, and yet these ten years have producedcomparatively small change in the system of manufacture.The old breweries and vinegar works go on with the samemethods as have been in use for generations. Probablybecause M. Pasteurs recommendations to change were sorevolutionary and costly, and the English mind rather tendsto slow reformation than rapid revolution, our manufac-
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Fac-stmile of Photograph by Moonhght taken by MM. Lumiere et Fils at Lyons.Time of Exposure, 3 hours. This photograph was taken by MM. Lumiere et Fils, ofLyons, who used one of their extra rapid blue plates ; theexposure lasted three hours. Our other illustration is copied from a photograph takenby Mr. James Jackson, the Secretary of the GeographicalSociety at Paris, who is a well-known amateur in photo-graphy, and who has kindly sent us several specimens of hiswork with moonlight and with gashght. In this case alsoone of MM. Lumieres plates was used, and the exposurelasted one hour. During this long time the position of themoon changed considerably, and the comet-like streak ofwhite on the photograph represents her path. turers have been content to try reforming past abuses ratherthan risk new methods. No reproach of want of progress,however, applies to our great scientists. Professor Huxleyhas analysed and measured the organisms of fermentation,watched their methods of multiplicatio

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