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The Project Gutenberg E-text of The History and Practice of the Art of Photograph

The Project Gutenberg E-text of The History and Practice of the Art of Photograph

by Henry Hunt Snelling

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Author
Snelling, Henry Hunt, 1816-1897
Title
The History and Practice of the Art of Photography
Credits
Produced by Gregory Walker, for the Digital Daguerreian Archive Project.
Language
English
LoC Class
TR: Technology: Photography
Subject
Daguerreotype
Category
Text
eBook-No.
168
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/168
Release Date
October 1, 1994
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE HISTORY AND PRACTICE OF THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY;
  2. 2.OR THE PRODUCTION OF PICTURES THROUGH THE AGENCY OF LIGHT. — CONTAINING ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS NECESSARY FOR THE COMPLETE PRACTICE OF THE DAGUERREAN AND PHOTOGENIC ART, BOTH ON METALLIC PLATES AND ON PAPER. — By HENRY H. SNELLING. — ILLUSTRATED WITH WOOD CUTS. — New York: PUBLISHED BY G. P. PUTNAM, 155 Broadway, 1849. — TO EDWARD ANTHONY, ESQ., AN ESTEEMED FRIEND. Whose gentlemanly deportment, liberal feelings, and strict integrity have secured him a large circle of friends, this work is Respectfully Dedicated By the AUTHOR.
  3. 3.CONTENTS — PREFACE. — INTRODUCTION — PHOTOGRAPHY. — CHAP. I. — A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ART. — CHAP. II. — THE THEORY ON LIGHT.--THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINCIPLE — CHAP. III. — SYNOPSIS OF MR. HUNT'S TREATISE ON "THE INFLUENCE OF THE SOLAR RAYS ON COMPOUND BODIES, WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THEIR PHOTOGRAPHIC APPLICATION." — CHAP. IV. — A FEW HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS TO DAGUERREOTYPISTS. — CHAP. V. — DAGUERREOTYPE APPARATUS. — CHAP. VI. — THE DAGUERREOTYPE PROCESS. — CHAP. VII — PAPER DAGUERREOTYPES.--ETCHING DAGUERREOTYPES. — CHAP. VIII. — PHOTOGENIC DRAWING ON PAPER. — CHAP. IX. — CALOTYPE AND CHRYSOTYPE. — POSITIVE CALOTYPE. — THE CHRYSOTYPE. — CHAP. X. — CYANOTYPE--ENERGIATYPE--CHROMATYPE--ANTHOTYPE--AMPHITYPE AND "CRAYON DAGUERREOTYPE." — I. CYANOTYPE. — II. ENERGIATYPE. — III. CHROMATYPE. — IV. ANTHOTYPE. — V. AMPHITYPE. — VI. "CRAYON DAGUERREOTYPE." — CHAP. XI. — ON THE PROBABILITY OF PRODUCING COLORED PICTURES BY THE SOLAR RADIATIONS--PHOTOGRAPHIC DEVIATIONS--LUNAR PICTURES--DRUMMOND LIGHT. — PHOTOGRAPHIC DEVIATIONS. — LUNAR PICTURES--DRUMMOND LIGHT. — CHAP. XII. — ON COLORING DAGUERREOTYPES. — CHAP. XIII. — THE PHOTOGRAPHOMETER. — INDEX.

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