Practical guide to photographic & photo-mechanical printing (1887)
Burton, W. K. (William Kinnimond) · London, Marion and co. · leaf 157
137 CONTACT PRINTING placing a thick book or other similar object over it, so as to shade the landscape portion, and then a sheet of cardboard or some such object over the book projecting … beyond the edge of it over a portion of the sky. the cut will explain the arrangement. A is the sheet of glass with the print under it ; B is the book, or similar object ; and C is the piece of cardboard. Of course print- ing must be performed in diffused light. Care must be taken to allow C to…
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