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The History and Practice of the Art of Photography

by Henry Hunt Snelling

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  1. 1Dedication
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Introduction
  4. 4Chap. I — A Brief History of the Art
  5. 5Chap. II — The Theory on Light — The Photographic Principle
  6. 6Chap. III — Synopsis of Mr. Hunt’s Treatise on “The Influence of th…
  7. 7Chap. IV — A Few Hints and Suggestions to Daguerreotypists
  8. 8Chap. V — Daguerreotype Apparatus
  9. 9Chap. VI — The Daguerreotype Process
  10. 10Chap. VII — Paper Daguerreotypes — Etching Daguerreotypes
  11. 11Chap. VIII — Photogenic Drawing on Paper
  12. 12Chap. IX — Calotype and Chrysotype
  13. 13Positive Calotype
  14. 14The Chrysotype
  15. 15Chap. X — Cyanotype — Energiatype — Chromatype — Anthotype — Amphit…
  16. 16I — Cyanotype
  17. 17II — Energiatype
  18. 18III — Chromatype
  19. 19IV — Anthotype
  20. 20V — Amphitype
  21. 21VI — “Crayon Daguerreotype”
  22. 22Chap. XI — On the Probability of Producing Colored Pictures by the…
  23. 23Photographic Deviations
  24. 24Lunar Pictures — Drummond Light
  25. 25Chap. XII — On Coloring Daguerreotypes
  26. 26Chap. XIII — The Photographometer

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