[By MR. LYTE'S kindness, who has shown us a number of the pictures
taken by this new process, we {571} are enabled to hear our testimony
to its beautiful results. We are glad to learn also, that there is a
probability that the admirers of photography may soon be enabled to
purchase specimens of the productions of this accomplished amateur, who
is about to return to the Pyrenees for the purpose of securing
photographic views of the splendid scenery and various objects of
interest which are to be found there.--ED. "N. & Q."]
_Photographs, &c. of the Crystal Palace._--All who have visited the
Photographic Institution, in New Bond Street, must have admired the large
photographic views of the Crystal Palace, from collodion negatives taken by
MR. DELAMOTTE, who, combining the taste of the artist with the skill of the
photographer, has succeeded in producing some most effective views of this
new Temple of Education. At Lord Rosse's soirée on Saturday last, the
closing one unfortunately of those most agreeable reunions, Mr. Williams
exhibited three daguerreotypes, taken that morning, of the ceremony of
opening the Crystal Palace, which, although only about three inches by
five, contained some hundreds of figures. The portraits of the Queen and
the brilliant cortege which surrounded her at the moment were strikingly
effective.
_Soluble Cotton._--In answer to the observations of H. U. (Vol. ix., p.
548.), I should imagine that the nitrate of potash used was not thoroughly
dried; and consequently, the amount of water used was in excess of that
directed. The temperature should be from 120° to 130° Fahr. And
thermometers of a proper construction (with the lower part of the scale to
bend up from the bulb) can be obtained in abundance at from 1s. to 2s. 6d.
at several of the makers in Hatton Garden or elsewhere.