Unidentified photographer / artist
1863, 15 December
Royal Gun-Factories - 1855 and 1856

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Published in John Spiller, F.C.S., Assistant Chemist to the War Department "Photography in Application to Military Purposes" in "The Photographic Journal", Volume 8, Dec. 15, 1863, p.410-413.
 
In commencing my historical sketch, it is proper to mention and acknowledge the employment of the camera in the Royal Gun-Factories during the years 1855 and 1856, when it was first used as a means of portraying the peculiarities of construction involved in sundry schemes for the improvement of ordnance and the application of the system of breech loading. The late Major Vandeleur, R.A., and Mr. MacKinlay, then Proof-Master, worked both the Talbotype and collodion processes, and produced results of interest and value in their department, but which were not distributed to any extent, in consequence of the limited opportunities available for their production on the part of officers performing other duties of a more pressing nature, and of an entirely different character.
 
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