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Louis Daguerre and the Daguerreotype

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Deguereotypes - The Art of Making a Camera Obscura

The first public mention of de gear's work actually appeared in 18 35, several years before like the big release about it. The system for making what would be called a deguereotype was to polish a silver coated copper plate. Step five, developed the image in mercury vapor and step six, stopd the development process with a salt based solution.

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