| The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction: VOL.XXXIII - 1839 - 446 Seiten
...seeing the thousand florets of an agrostii, (bent-grass,) depicted with all its capillary braochlets, (and so accurately, that none of all this multitude...or weeks of labour to trace or to copy, is effected bjj the boundless powers of natural chemistry in the space of a few seconds." Mr. Tulbot having held... | |
| William Laxton - 1839 - 522 Seiten
...ebb-Hate detail of execution, that one is more struck at seeing the llioman.l florets of an Agrottu depicted with all its capillary branchlets (and so...both cases the same. The one of these takes no more lime to execute than the other; for the object which would take the most skilful artist days or weeks... | |
| Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1839 - 508 Seiten
...calyx, requiring to be examined through a lens), than one is by the picture of the large and limpie leaf of an oak or a chesnut. But in truth the difficulty...to trace or to copy, is effected by the boundless power» of natural chemistry in the «pace of a few seconds. To give an idea of the degree of accuracy... | |
| 1839 - 532 Seiten
...examined through a lens), than one is by the picture of the large and simple leaf of an oak or a chestnut. But in truth the difficulty is in both cases the same....effected by the boundless powers of natural chemistry hi the space of a few seconds." "To give an idea," continues he," "of the degree of accuracy with which... | |
| Robert Hunt - 1853 - 356 Seiten
...examined through a lens), than one isbythe picture of the large and simple leaf of an oak ora cbesnut. But in truth the difficulty is in both cases the same....effected by the boundless powers of natural chemistry iu the space of a few seconds." And again, " to give some more definite idea of the rapidity of the... | |
| Thomas Sutton - 1858 - 344 Seiten
...to be examined through a lens) than one is by the picture of the large and simple leaf of the oak or chesnut. But in truth the difficulty is in both cases...more time to execute than the other ; for the object that would take the most skilful artists days or weeks of labour to trace or copy, is effected by the... | |
| Alexander Eugen Conrady - 1923 - 624 Seiten
...examined through a lens) than one is by the picture of the large and simple leaf of an oak or a chestnut. But in truth the difficulty is in both cases the same....which would take the most skilful artist days or weeks to trace or to copy is effected by the boundless powers of natural chemistry in the space of a few... | |
| Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1905 - 1062 Seiten
...requiring to be examined through a lens), than one is by the large and simple leaf of an oak or a chestnut. But in truth the difficulty is in both cases the same....would take the most skilful artist days or weeks of labor to trace or to copy is affected by the. boundless powers of natural chemistry in the space of... | |
| John Strong - 1988 - 420 Seiten
...examined through a lens) than one is by the picture of the large and simple leaf of an oak or chestnut. But in truth the difficulty is in both cases the same. The one takes no more time to execute than the other for the object which would take the most skillful artist... | |
| Geoffrey Batchen - 1999 - 294 Seiten
...intricate in its details and one not, take the same amount of time to be rendered photographically. "The one of these takes no more time to execute than...the other; for the object which would take the most skillful artist days or weeks of labour to trace or to copy, is effected by the boundless powers of... | |
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