daguerreotypy
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Daguerreotypy — Da*guerre o*ty py, n. The art or process of producing pictures by method of Daguerre. [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
daguerreotypy — noun see daguerreotype … New Collegiate Dictionary
daguerreotypy — da·guerre·o·typy … English syllables
daguerreotypy — ˌtīpē noun ( es) : the art or process of producing daguerreotypes * * * daguerreˈotypy noun The art of daguerreotyping • • • Main Entry: ↑daguerreotype … Useful english dictionary
daguerreotype — noun Etymology: French daguerréotype, from L. J. M. Daguerre + French o + type Date: 1839 an early photograph produced on a silver or a silver covered copper plate; also the process of producing such photographs • daguerreotype transitive verb •… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey — (21 October 1804 ndash; 7 December 1892) was a French photographer and draughtsman who was active in the Middle East. His daguerreotypes are the earliest surviving photographs of Greece, Palestine, Egypt, Syria and Turkey. Remarkably, his works… … Wikipedia
Amédée Jacques — (July 4, 1813 October 13, 1865), often known as Amadeo, was a Franco Argentine pedagogue and philosopher and one of the most prestigious educators of his time. BiographyJacques was the son of Marie Gérard and Nicolás Jacques, a Parisian painter… … Wikipedia
daguerreotype — daguerreotyper, daguerreotypist, n. daguerreotypic /deuh gair euh tip ik, ee euh tip /, adj. daguerreotypy, n. /deuh gair euh tuyp , ee euh tuyp /, n., v., daguerreotyped, daguerreotyping. n. 1. an obsolete photographic process, invented in 1839 … Universalium
motion picture, history of the — Introduction history of the medium from the 19th century to the present. Early years, 1830–1910 Origins The illusion of motion pictures is based on the optical phenomena known as persistence of vision and the phi phenomenon. The first … Universalium
Steinheil, Karl August — ▪ German physicist born Oct. 12, 1801, Rappoltsweiler, Alsace Fr. died Sept. 12, 1870, Munich German physicist who did pioneering work in telegraphy, optics, and photometry. Steinheil received the Ph.D. at Königsberg in 1825 and in… … Universalium
