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Show Tell Me Why SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 1964 Who Invented the Camera? By A. LEOKUM Win the 15-volume Britannica Junior Encyclopedia for school and home. Send your questions, name, age, address to ‘“‘Tell Me Why!” care of this paper. In case of duplicate questions, the author will decide the winner. Today’s winneris: Denise Valentino, 12, Los Angeles, California. If the camera you use today were the invention of one man, ft would be a remarkable achievement indeed! PhotograPhy is the result of many discoveries covering hundreds of years. Before we consider those discoveries, let’s recall briefly ¢ be1. Why is it wrong to whis-; Statues of people are usually Photograiphy {s; possible ¢ ‘ But one cause of the action of light on|per? 2. What pets make the ‘erected after they die. certain substances that have|sweetest music? 3. What hen | man, Generalissimo Trujillo of been chemically prepared. For |la! ys the longest? |the Dominican Republic, filled example, the chemical silver Answers the country with statues to nitrate reacts to light by turn1. Because it’s not aloud. 2./himself. He had more than, ing black. So on the film in a/Trumpets. 3. A dead one. 2,000 of them put up! : ese @ camera is an emulsion of silver * ee particles and gelatin. The lens DID YOU KNOW? £ of the camera lets in light and focuses it on the film. The grains or silver particles that have been exposed to light’ be- come changed. They become the dark part of the film “negative.” Later, the other grains are removed, and the black silver grains form the negative picture. Now here are some of the developments and discoveries Win the Britannica World At-: jlas or Yearbook of Events: Send your riddles, to: Riddles, Jokes, ‘‘Tell Me Why!” Today’s winner is: Mike Breeze, Salt Lake City, Utah what makes photography work. |that were necessary before the — Today In e History one THE BERRYS By KARL GURBERT — 1 LITTLE PEOPLE'S PUZZLE modern camera could be what it is. From the 11th to the 16th century, there was something as the “camera obscura.”’ It just showed an image on paper which could be traced by hand. In 1568, Daniello Bar- By United Press International i eee Today is Sunday, April 5, the image. el of 1964 with 270 to| qn 1727, a man called Johann ‘ Schulze discovered that light The moon is approaching its|caused nitrate of silver to new phase. change color. In 1802, Thomas The morning star is Saturn. Wedgwood and Humphrey Davy The evening stars are Venus|were able to make prints on and Mercury. Paper coated with silver ni-| On this day in history: trate, but they couldn’t make| In 1614, Pocahontas was mar-) these prints permane nt. In 1835, ried to English colonist John!a man called William Talbot Rolfe. made the first permanent In 1869 ,Daniel Bakeman, the|prints, and the first eniargelast surviving soldier of the Rev-|ments. In 1839, Louis Daguerr e olutionary War, died at the age/developed a new process for of 109. making images on a silver In 1955, Sir Winston Churchill|plate. resigned as prime minister of| I THINK WE'D BETTER GET TO WORK!---MR.BACON mich AS WASN'T FOOLING WHEN HE/ weit say THE THREATENED-+a T REALLY DIDN’T--INTEND 7O BE SUCH A BEAR, M$ LASALLE!...115 ONLY BECAUSE I FEEL 50 And so on and so on. As you Britain. can see, each step in the makIn 1963, the Soviet Union|ing of film and in the camera agreed to a “hot line” commu-jitself, was improved by differnications link between Moscow|ent people over the years. The} and Washington. first box camera, which really started making photography A thought for the day: Sir|popular, was put on the market 5 Winston Churchill once said: “I|by the Eastman Company in pass with relief from the toss-| 1888. ing sea of cause and theory to the firm ground of result and fact.” fe * FUN TIME The Riddle Box "3SUNN “6 "XO@ ONVS “8 ‘AIVLI ‘Z T1C%DS 'S ‘ONVId “y ‘LaW> % ‘FUOLS “{—UMOG “Ss3yg ‘|’ ‘NOOSVE ‘OL *“NOIHSND “Nid "9 ‘HdVYOONOH “€ ‘ASVILINS “1—s80.9y *SaZMSNY : KERRY DRAKE PLEASE, MRS. BENEDICT/--STOP )] vith 21 HAD HOPEDWE COULD ALL GO THROUGH WITH DIGNITY/ HOWEVER,IF-- . | Ee vi “ify vS me y Aye | LY | PAL | a~ | MORTY MEEFKLE By DICK CAVALLI FAXING THE LEAKS IN THE ROOF... OR PUTTING A DRAIN MRS. HARTLEY BURN &// WHERE SHE GOES,A WEDDING BANQUET FOLLOWS /7 : IN THE FLOORZ. g 4 4 £ Zz g Zz: Sa = z F = <S By ERNIEBUSHMILLER YOUR CAP !S FILTHY--- LET ME WASH IT DO YOU THINK MY CAP IS OKAY! WHAT'S THE CAPITAL OF PERU? WHY DID SHE HAVE To usE STARCH ? ][NO, No! Ask ME SOMETHING T KNOW EVERYTHING FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS NONCE You PuT A Stor, i THE GARAGE Doce Pop/ UH HUr~—~ 17S BETTER CIRCULA IN THERE/ cous EAS: iow 300 LAE FoR | A PSICHATRCTIONEPHing t ~ . : ' |