B. J. Edwards and Co
From Graces Guide
The Grove, Hackney, London.
1868 Company founded by Mr. Edwards using the wet collodion process.
1879 Dry-plate technique adopted. Overcame problems with gaining plate uniformity.
He was aided in his work by his sons Austin Clay Edwards and Benjamin Edmund Edwards.
1883 The use of the eosines in the development process was patented in England by Tailfer and Clayton of Paris. Edwards and Co secured the sole licence under this patent for Great Britain and the colonies and are now (1889) the only makers of isochromatic plates in this country.[1]
1889 The photographic dry-plate works of the company described. See The Engineer 1889/03/08.
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1889/03/08
- The Engineer of 8th March 1889 p199