Title |
Just Jaunting Round |
Identifier |
jaunt.xml |
Subject |
Microphotography; Fossils; Black widow spider |
Description |
Manuscript by Frank A. Beckwith, giving an account of his experimentation with microphotography to study fossils; followed by an essay entitled, "Experiments on the Black Widow, resumed in 1935" |
Personal Names |
Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-1951 |
Spatial Coverage |
Delta (Utah) |
Creator |
Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-1951 |
Publisher |
Hosted by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
Date |
1937-07-04 |
Type |
Text |
Format |
application/pdf |
Source |
Just Jaunting Round |
Language |
eng |
Relation |
Frank Asahel Beckwith Collection |
Rights Management |
Digital image copyright 2003, Beckwith Family. All rights reserved |
Holding Institution |
Delta City Library |
Source Material |
Just Jaunting Around Among Things Wee |
Source Physical Dimensions |
22cm x 29cm |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s699136q |
Setname |
dc_bpc |
Date Created |
2012-07-09 |
Date Modified |
2012-09-11 |
ID |
126247 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s699136q |
Title |
It is to laugh |
Identifier |
028.tif |
Subject |
Photography |
Description |
"...years ago he was bit in the heel by the 'snap-shot bug.' There is absolutely no cure. It leads to worse and worse." |
OCR Text |
Show mieroscope slide knew the hest would be troublesome from the lamp so to affset 1t glued the film down toglass plate el but the little bitwas to shoot through The dratted 1lm buckled with the heat and expanded so that 1t was ruined then md to meke witer oell hend made sgain as 51l ny junk 1s with U-smped oui inplece of wood two sheets of clesn glass glued to that wood and tho Wiole contraption filled with weter to absorb the heat from the high-poered lamp It 4id the trick ad tien do over to the shack dow celler and developfilm inbox made of heavy cardbousd lisht bigit feeling in 1tth my hands sticking my arms iato tat da-k box throughpair of ludies bloomers fitted with an elastictyou luughing ot the old man or with him For it is laugh -A 1itSle old solderins iron hunk of boiler plate for en envil bunch of files some t00ls and helluva1ot of HobbY Praotically everyt ing tried in photography but Speotrosoopy and the odd 00l is even now buying direct vision pectroscope Of all the silliness nd 811 that because years he was bIt in the heel bR the snap-shot bug therec absolutelycue 13 leads to worse wnd warse The only tiing that can be done ror the sufferer 1s to alleviate the puin-lel him exposefilm will palliate the pain momentarily but like all dove afflictions the dose must be repented and at every-incre sing doses But seriously there is no form of benefiscial exeroise steed thatn compire with horsebick riding prowided is jiobby Forse It exercises tic muscles the invenuity nd as to the pocket and the pocket book ali oae fell swoop Digital image 2003 Beckwith Family Al rights reserved |
Personal Names |
Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-1951 |
Creator |
Beckwith, Frank Asahel, 1876-1951 |
Publisher |
Hosted by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
Type |
Image |
Format |
application/pdf |
Format Creation |
image/tiff |
Source |
Just Jaunting Round Scrapbook |
Language |
eng |
Relation |
Frank Asahel Beckwith Collection |
Coverage |
Utah |
Rights Management |
Digital image copyright 2003, Beckwith Family. All rights reserved |
Holding Institution |
Delta City Library |
Source Material |
"Just Jaunting Around Among Things Wee" |
Source Physical Dimensions |
22cm x 29cm |
Archival Resolution |
Archival TIFF: 3000 x 4600 |
Low Resolution |
JPEG: 800 x 600 |
Bit Depth |
8-bit |
Scanning Device |
Creo-Scitex Eversmart Jazz+ flatbed scanner |
Setname |
dc_bpc |
Date Created |
2004-02-09 |
Date Modified |
2004-02-09 |
ID |
124404 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s699136q/124404 |