Early Work In Photography
A Text-book For Beginners

M-BE- 80 Early Work in Photography. the head. A piece of f lead gas pipe bent as in fig. B with a piece of rubber pipe attached to the required length, and a small tap at the end, will form an excellent water supply. To use—fill the bucket, place bent lead tube in position with the rubber tube and tap hanging over the tank, and turn tap on, then suck the top until water is drawn over the highest point of tube, that is at top of bucket. When tap is on, the water will continue to flow until the bucket is completely empty; the lead tube must reach to the bottom of the bucket and have the end cut as shown in fig. B. The whole arrange- ment is shown complete in fig. C; it is merely a simple syphon, but very effective, less trouble, and costs less than a metal tube and tap soldered into bucket. A small rack for dishes should be fitted in the sink; it can easily be made out of 7 pieces of wood, fin. X fin. x ift. 4in. 3 » » in. x in. x gin. put together as in fig. D; this is very useful and TITIT keeps the bottom of dishes dry and out of the mixture of chemicals which are sure to accumu 1111 late in the sink when in use. When the lid is placed in position over the sink and a clean newspaper put on as a tablecloth, mounting or Fig. D. any other such work can be done with ease and comfort." It will be noticed that Mr. Cooper’s arrangement makes allowance for the non-existence of a water supply, the suspended bucket providing an efficient substitute. It will, of course, often happen that a beginner cannot secure the entire use of even a small room for photographic pur- poses, and may often have to be content with the use of a cupboard under the stairs. We shall, however, deal only with the fittings of a fair-sized apartment, leaving the occu- pants of smaller rooms to adapt themselves to circumstances. A room 12 by 10 feet in size will give ample space for a permanent daylight enlarging apparatus in addition to the development sink and the ordinary fittings of a dark room; the accompanying sketch plan will give a general idea as to the terior fixtures. The enlarging bench should be firmly built of stout boards upon good substantial legs; or, if the room be small, it may be arranged as a drop-table and held ition, when required for use, by stout brackets hinged to the walls. In either case it should be fitted with a good sized " easel ” (or drawing board), provided with vertical and horizontal adjustments similar to those on the front board of a camera ; and the bench itself should be marked