Details of exhibit
- Exhibition:
- 1911 Fifty-sixth Annual Exhibition of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain
- Exhibit title:
- Osmotic Growths
- Exhibitor:
- Dr. J. Gray Duncanson
- Section:
- V. Scientific Photography and Processes of Reproduction
- Exhibit No.:
- 661
- Description:
- (1) A small piece of calcium chloride is placed in a solution of potassium silicate; (2) it speedily increases in size and may throw out a little cloud, (3) which assumes a fantastic form; (4) flattening has taken place and little processes may be seen appearing; (5) these rapidly grow and continue doing so till the surface of the liquid is reached (6) when they spread out; (7) two quite different shapes produced in this way, all these are natural size; (8) and (9) other forms much enlarged.
- Exhibit type:
- Photograph
- Process:
- [Not Listed] ()
- Award:
- none
