Neutralize with sufficient of a twenty per cent. solution of sodium carb. (Na2HCO3).
No. 2.
| Three grain solution of uranium nitrate | 1 | ounce. |
| Water | 7 | ounces. |
Neutralize as in No. 1. Warm each to 70° Fahr., and mix. The bath is then ready for use. It can be used repeatedly if desired by acidifying with citric acid and neutralizing before use; but nothing is gained by using it a second time.
There are methods of toning which resemble more or less those which have occupied our attention to-night; among them may be mentioned the tungstate bath, likewise citrate of soda. The vermilion bath, too, might afford sufficient matter alone for a lecturette. If some one experienced with it could be induced to bring it before us, I am sure it would prove interesting.
COATING PLATES WITH GELATINE EMULSION.
To coat plates perfectly, says H. S. Starnes in British Jour. of Photography, I found the following points were necessary:
1. That a certain quantity of emulsion should be flowed in one even stream all over the plate, instead of pouring the emulsion in a pool in the center of the plate and then dispersing it over the whole surface; because in the latter mode of coating large plates the gelatine is apt to commence setting before it is equally distributed, and an unequally coated plate is the result.
2. The plate ought to be put on the leveling-table before coating, and not be moved before the gelatine is set; because in the dull light of the dark room it is so difficult to prevent the emulsion running off the plate when putting it down on the leveling-table.