The Daguerreotype: Nineteenth-Century Technology and Modern Science

by M. Susan Barger, William B. White, William B. White

Book Overview

How daguerreotypes were done

The discovery of light-sensitive chemicals in mid-nineteenth-century Europe carried large implications--for scientists, technicians, astronomers, and for the businesspeople who soon made family portraiture standard tabletop fare in middle-class homes. In The Daguerreotype: Nineteenth-Century Technology and Modern Science, M. Susan Barger and William B. White begin with a history of the process...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801864585
• ISBN13: 9780801864582
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 2.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"