NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE OF DRAUGHTSMEN.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 425, 6 February 1909, Page 14

NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE OF DRAUGHTSMEN.

'Last evehing ■ Mr. :;.O.;!'E.:-Adams,-.ad-dressed -. the,: ■ ■ Institute';/-:.of-'' Draughtsmen , on .."The ;'.--'applicatip'n./--: : of'■.'. photography to'V.Bnrveymg.">.?Dteing- : :.','the.. , .:.00.ur5e. : of, his^:;^address,; '•;».'Mr^^rAdams'/, r ablyr der! ■mbnstrated 'the■remarkable' aceufacy-'to he obtained vwith 'the 'apparatus "is.-'.Milcej' the -.ordinary ."camera,;, -invthatqt ■has .ii.o/ .lpplioation for ; focussing v.'mi'. object \and nb;Hview-finder; whereby tHe--picture can : jjlje;br.ought_ square on 'the plate. The focal flengtK, isVjlaid doSpi by. the manufacturer, and •isV'aidjust&l; byjthe :: ' operator merely screwing , mell;aUic-.;;bbx.'. Thedi-•mens'ionV;iaiid;'E^pe:bf'th'e-pioture'.are: accur-' : ately ;deterinined ; : by ilinesVlaidi- down - on. ,top of the.'camera.':iThisylast is-a!, method of ■ Mr.. Adams's "bwn'conirirfince.f^Plans'"made .by" means; of- the were shown; and ■deinonstrated^the: % ease and'fprecision/ : with 5 ,which '■ details oftcftnntry can 'Tie' laid"; cfqwn. j£jj,£fbe;. r pptobn^ •isvmuohcßuperior-- to'Vthe- method at'jpreseiit' ia .useStVjt; contour, map,.- cleverly builtj-'up-iof;;mill-board, .out, to.;scale. fromvone-of/the ,Oani£idian^ i photo:-inaps Adams's'.'posr isession,,%asf shown, -j This .'map Tfas made of.i.'the Survey,, Office, r ari3iiS;a,Amoniiment..t6'jhis care and patience. a -hearty .vote of tHanljs';to: v MrfrAdams;for his-admirablei'lec-ture, and ■trusted Jthe'lnatitute.would 'again y hear ; him" on;, some . kindr^Sd-subjecit.'sl-After , I the;-lecture a presentation;'- on- behalf,of. the; 'Ks'jiitute'was..made; by the president;to Mr.-! --wfip, as•' has'-'don'e' "much"'goodvwprk-in. developiiig;tiie:lnstitute..