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Photographic Society of Great Britain
The Photographic Journal was published by Harrison & Sons, St Martin's
Lane, London, Booksellers to The Queen and HRH The Prince of Wales, 59
Pall Mall, London.
The title page of the first edition in the New Series
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The Photographic Journal
including the
Transactions of the
Photographic Society of Great Britain
for the Session
1876 to 1877
Vol 1 - New Series |
The
Photographic Society of Great Britain met monthly from about October to June each year.
An
edition of The Photogrpahic Journal was published in each of these months.
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Content
The first edition each year included all entries in the Society's
Annual Exhibition, held at 5a, Pall Mall, East.
Subsequent editions each year included some long technical papers on
the chemistry and optics of photography. Capt. W de W Abney was a
regular contributor.
I have read
the following editions of the new series of The Photographic Journal
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Vol 1: 1876-77 |
Vol 2: 1877-78 |
Vol 3: 1878-79 |
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Vol 4: 1879-80 |
Vol 5: 1880-81 |
Vol 6: 1881-82 |
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Vol 7: 1882-83 |
Vol 8: 1883-84 |
Vol 9: 1884-85 |
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Early Discoveries In the
1876-1885 editions of The Photographic
Journal, I found only occasional references to Edinburgh or elsewhere
in Scotland. However, In
1884, The Photographic Journal published two tables of "Discoveries
Regarding Action of Light".
Discoveries Regarding Action of Light
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Table 1
includes 1840s
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Table 2
includes pre-history
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