The History of Photography: From 1839 to the PresentTraces the evolution of photography and offers vivid illustrations of technical innovations in this visual form of communication. |
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Page 147
... technique is based on the property of gum arabic when mixed with potassium bichromate to change its solubility in water upon exposure to light . The more strongly light acts upon the bichromated gum , the less easily it can be dissolved ...
... technique is based on the property of gum arabic when mixed with potassium bichromate to change its solubility in water upon exposure to light . The more strongly light acts upon the bichromated gum , the less easily it can be dissolved ...
Page 171
... technique - and so on , multiplying words . There were portraits , some of them of men whom I knew fairly well . Sometimes it was a single print , at other times several prints side by side , giving different aspects of the subject but ...
... technique - and so on , multiplying words . There were portraits , some of them of men whom I knew fairly well . Sometimes it was a single print , at other times several prints side by side , giving different aspects of the subject but ...
Page 276
... technique , did not pursue his in- vention , but Ducos du Hauron began extensive research . As soon as Vogel had shown how photographic emul- sions could be sensitized to all colors he perfected his technique , and was able to make ...
... technique , did not pursue his in- vention , but Ducos du Hauron began extensive research . As soon as Vogel had shown how photographic emul- sions could be sensitized to all colors he perfected his technique , and was able to make ...
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