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329

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Cover of: A manual of photography
A manual of photography
1857, R. Griffin
in English - 5th ed., rev.
Cover of: A manual of photography
A manual of photography
1854, Richard Griffin and Company, publishers to the University of Glasgow
in English - 4th ed., rev.
Cover of: A manual of photography
A manual of photography
1853, J.J. Griffin & Co., R. Griffin and Co.
electronic resource / in English - 3rd ed., enl.

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Table of Contents

pt. I. History of discoveries in photography. Ch. 1. Early researches on the chemical action of the solar rays
CH. II. Heliography
the process of M. Niepce
Ch. III. Mr. H. Fox Talbot's photogenic drawings, calotype & c
CH. IV. Daguerreotype : the discovery of M. Daguerre
Ch. V. The photographic processes on paper of Sir John Herschel
Ch. VI. Miscellaneous process
Ch. VII. Photographs on glass plates and recent improvements
Ch. VIII. Portraiture by the daguerreotype
Ch. IX. General summary of the history of photography
Part II. Scientific investigations on photography. Ch. I. General remarks on the solar agency producing chemical change
Ch. II. Chemical changes on sensitive preparations
Ch. III. The theory of the daguerreotype
Ch. IV. On the photographic registration of philosophical instruments and the means of determining the variations of actinic power and for experiments on the chemical focus
Ch. V. Thermography
Ch. VI. On the possibility of producing photographs in ther natural colours
Ch. VII. On lenses for the photographic camera
Part III. Practice of photography. Ch. I. Selections of paper for photographic purposes
Ch. II. On the apparatus necessary for the first practice of photography on paper
Ch. III. On the modes of manipulation adopted in the preparation of sensitive papers
Ch. IV. On fixing the photographic pictures
Ch. V. The calotype as now practised, and its modifications
Ch. VI. The daguerreotype
Ch. VII. The collodion process
Ch. VIII. The use of albumen on glass plates
Ch. IX. On the production of positive photographs by the use of the salts of iodine
Ch. X. General remarks on the use of the camera obscura : the photographic pentagraph
Ch. XL. The stereoscope
CH. XII. Photographic engraving.

Edition Notes

"Catalogue of photographic apparatus sold by John Joseph Griffin ... and by Richard Griffin and Company, Glasgow": pages 1-32 (fourth series).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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London and Glasgow
Series
Encyclopaedia metropolitana, 2nd division. Applied sciences -- 16

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TR145 .H85 1854

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Pagination
xii, 329, [3], 32 p., [1] leaf of plates
Number of pages
329

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OL43797152M
OCLC/WorldCat
2690117

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