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American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype

by S. D. (Samuel Dwight) Humphrey

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American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype is available in the Project Gutenberg source edition credited to S. D. (Samuel Dwight) Humphrey. Catalog subjects include Photography; Daguerreotype. This edition retains the source text, including any introductory material and notes.

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Language
English
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Table of contents

37 chapters

  1. 01NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY S. D. HUMPHREY 37 LISPENARD STREET 18582 min
  2. 02PREFACE.2 min
  3. 03CHAPTER II.15 min
  4. 04CHAPTER III.2 min
  5. 05BROMINE.9 min
  6. 06IODINE.7 min
  7. 07CHLORINE.8 min
  8. 08CYANIDE OF POTASSIUM.6 min
  9. 09HYPOSULPHITE OF SODA.8 min
  10. 10ACCELERATING SUBSTANCES.6 min
  11. 11DRY SENSITIVES.10 min
  12. 12CHAPTER IV.13 min
  13. 13CHAPTER V.3 min
  14. 14M. SOLIEL’S PROCESS FOR DETERMINING THE TIME OF EXPOSURE IN THE CAMERA.2 min
  15. 15INSTANTANEOUS PROCESS FOR PROCURING DAGUERREOTYPES.2 min
  16. 16GALVANIZING THE DAGUERREOTYPE PLATE.2 min
  17. 17SILVERING SOLUTION.2 min
  18. 18DAGUERREOTYPES WITHOUT MERCURY.2 min
  19. 19MANAGEMENT OF CHEMICALS.6 min
  20. 20HINTS AND CAUTIONS.2 min
  21. 21ELECTROTYPING.3 min
  22. 22CRAYON DAGUERREOTYPES.2 min
  23. 23ILLUMINATED DAGUERREOTYPES.2 min
  24. 24NATURAL COLORS IN HELIOGRAPHY.5 min
  25. 25MULTIPLYING DAGUERREOTYPES ON ONE PLATE.2 min
  26. 26DEPOSIT IN GILDING.2 min
  27. 27PRACTICAL HINTS ON THE DAGUERREOTYPE.2 min
  28. 28THE CAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY THAT SOMETIMES OCCURS TO PREVENT THE PRODUCTION OF A CLEAR IMPRESSION UPON A DAGUERREOTYPE PLATE.3 min
  29. 29CHOICE OF PLATES, ETC.5 min
  30. 30CHAPTER VI.29 min
  31. 31TERMS.2 min
  32. 32THE PRACTICAL MANUAL OF THE COLLODION PROCESS. BY S. D. HUMPHREY. THIRD EDITION2 min
  33. 33A GUIDE TO PHOTOGRAPHY,2 min
  34. 34HOLMES, BOOTH & HAYDENS’ CAMERAS2 min
  35. 35SCOVILL MANUFACTURING CO.2 min
  36. 36SCOVILL MANUFACTURING CO. — Section 362 min
  37. 37HARDWICH’S PHOTOGRAPHIC CHEMISTRY AMERICAN EDITION.2 min
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