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Short Stuff: Blueprints

Stuff You Should Know

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This chapter delves into the historical importance of Prussian blue in blueprints and its transformation through the innovations of John Herschel. It highlights Herschel's discovery of the photoreactive properties of Prussian blue, which revolutionized photography and drafting in the 1840s.

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