[The manner in which the glass rod is to be used for exciting or
developing is very simple, although not easily described. The operator
must provide himself with some pieces of thin board, somewhat larger
than the paper intended to be used; on one of these two or three folds
of blotting-paper are to be laid, and on these the paper intended to be
excited, and which is to be kept steady by pins at the top and bottom
right-hand corners, and the forefinger of the left hand. The operator,
having ready in a small measure about thirty drops of the exciting
fluid, takes the glass rod in his right hand, moves it steadily over
the paper from the right hand to the left, where he keeps it, while
with the left hand he pours the exciting fluid over the side of the
glass rod, and moving this _to and fro_ once or twice to secure an
equal portion of the exciting fluid along the whole length of the rod;
he then moves the rod from left to right and back again, until he has
ascertained that the whole surface is covered, taking care that none of
the exciting fluid runs over the side of the paper, as it is then apt
to discolour the back of it. When the whole surface has been thoroughly
wetted, the superfluous fluid is to be blotted off with a piece of new
blotting-paper.]
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Replies to Minor Queries.
_Wooden Tombs and Effigies_ (Vol. viii., p. 604.).--In addition to that
mentioned by J. E. J., there is a wooden chest in the centre of the chancel
of Burford Church, in the county of Salop, with a figure in plated armour
on the top; the head resting on a helmet supported by two angels, and at
the feet a lion crowned. An ornament of oak leaves runs round the chest, at
the edge. This effigy is supposed to represent one of the Cornwall family,
the ancient, but now extinct, barons of Burford. As I am preparing, with a
view to publication, a history of this very ancient family, with an account
of the curious and interesting monuments in Burford and other churches, I
should esteem it a favour if any of your correspondents could furnish me
with authentic information relative to any members of the family, or of any
memorials of them in other churches than those of Worcestershire and
Shropshire.