American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype
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- AMERICAN HAND BOOK OF THE DAGUERREOTYPE
- GIVING THE MOST APPROVED AND CONVENIENT METHODS FOR PREPARING THE CHEMICALS, AND THE COMBINATIONS USED IN THE ART. CONTAINING THE DAGUERREOTYPE, ELECTROTYPE, AND VARIOUS OTHER PROCESSES EMPLOYED IN TAKING HELIOGRAPHIC IMPRESSIONS.
- FIFTH EDITION
- NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY S. D. HUMPHREY 37 LISPENARD STREET 1858
- To J. GURNEY, WHOSE PROFESSIONAL SKILL, SCIENTIFIC ACCURACY, AND ENERGETIC PERSEVERANCE, HAVE WON FOR HIM UNIVERSAL ESTEEM, THIS WORK IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS
- AMERICAN HAND-BOOK of THE DAGUERREOTYPE.
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- MISCELLANEOUS.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHEMICALS.
- BROMINE.
- IODINE.
- CHLORINE.
- CYANIDE OF POTASSIUM.
- HYPOSULPHITE OF SODA.
- ACCELERATING SUBSTANCES.
- DRY SENSITIVES.
- CHAPTER IV.
- LIGHT AND OPTICS.
- CHAPTER V.
- TO MAKE PLATES FOR THE DAGUERREOTYPE.
- M. SOLIEL’S PROCESS FOR DETERMINING THE TIME OF EXPOSURE IN THE CAMERA.
- INSTANTANEOUS PROCESS FOR PROCURING DAGUERREOTYPES.
- GALVANIZING THE DAGUERREOTYPE PLATE.
- SILVERING SOLUTION.
- DAGUERREOTYPES WITHOUT MERCURY.
- MANAGEMENT OF CHEMICALS.
- HINTS AND CAUTIONS.
- ELECTROTYPING.
- CRAYON DAGUERREOTYPES.
- ILLUMINATED DAGUERREOTYPES.
- NATURAL COLORS IN HELIOGRAPHY.
- MULTIPLYING DAGUERREOTYPES ON ONE PLATE.
- DEPOSIT IN GILDING.
- PRACTICAL HINTS ON THE DAGUERREOTYPE.
- THE CAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY THAT SOMETIMES OCCURS TO PREVENT THE PRODUCTION OF A CLEAR IMPRESSION UPON A DAGUERREOTYPE PLATE.
- CHOICE OF PLATES, ETC.
- CHAPTER VI.
- HUMPHREY’S JOURNAL OF THE DAGUERREOTYPE & PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS.
- TERMS.
- THE PRACTICAL MANUAL OF THE COLLODION PROCESS. BY S. D. HUMPHREY. THIRD EDITION
- A GUIDE TO PHOTOGRAPHY,
- HOLMES, BOOTH & HAYDENS’ CAMERAS
- SCOVILL MANUFACTURING CO.
- SCOVILL MANUFACTURING CO.
- HARDWICH’S PHOTOGRAPHIC CHEMISTRY AMERICAN EDITION.
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