This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ...to the various papers, which will be printing extras regarding the fire within a short time after it starts. If the photographer works quickly he should have finished prints to deliver to the various publications within 20 minutes after having made the exposure. It is these prints that will be accepted ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ...to the various papers, which will be printing extras regarding the fire within a short time after it starts. If the photographer works quickly he should have finished prints to deliver to the various publications within 20 minutes after having made the exposure. It is these prints that will be accepted. The person who procrastinates will never make a success at press photography. It is the alert and ambitious worker who wins. CHAPTER XXIV. Press Photography. Part V. Engineering Construction. 504. A glance through the various engineering journals will give one some idea of their photographic requirements. All of the various trade journals make certain demands upon the photographer, but one of the most lucrative fields that the photographer can enter is the one embracing engineering work. It is always necessary to have photographic records of the various stages during the progress of any large engineering project, such as the photographing of canals, canal locks, subways, tunnels, buildings, the erection and installation of all kinds of machinery, etc. To illustrate the handling of subjects belonging to this class, we show in Illustration No. 98 four different views of the canal built on the Columbia River to overcome'the rapids at the Cascades. The illustrations are intended to give an idea of the manner in which a canal lock is operated. 505. The object of canalizing rivers is usually to overcome abrupt ascents, and several short canals have been constructed for this purpose on various rivers in the United States. The width of these canals is governed, to a certain extent, by the size of boats that are to pass through them. They are, however, wide enough to allow of two boats passing in them, so that one may go up and the other down at...
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