Photography as a Scientific Implement: A Collective Work (Classic Reprint)
Language: English
Published by Forgotten Books, 2017
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Print on Demand. This book taps into a rich historical vein by capturing the evolution of photography from its pre-beginnings to the discoveries of the 19th century. Key figures in this history like Battista Della Porta, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Wedgwood, William Fox Talbot, and Joseph Nicephore Niepce take center stage as we trace the emergence of the camera, the camera obscura, and the daguerreotype. The book doesn't just recount events but delves into the underlying photochemical principles and scientific experiments that paved the way for the evolution of photography, enhancing our understanding of how photography transformed from an alchemical pursuit to a mainstay of modern life. It is a fascinating exploration of the pivotal role scientists have played in this invention's development. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.…
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- Title
- Photography as a Scientific Implement: A Collective Work (Classic Reprint)
- Author
- Alexander Eugen Conrady, Charles R. Davidson
- Publisher
- Forgotten Books
- Publication year
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- Book Type
- print-on-demand item
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0282895213
- ISBN 13
- 9780282895211
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- Photography
Having made a hole in the window Of the room from which you wish to observe, as large as a spectacle glass, then take an old man's glass convex on both Sides, not concave, like the glasses Of youths with short sight, and when it is fixed in the hole, shut all the windows and doors of the room 'so that no other light may enter except by the lens. Now take a Sheet of paper and place it in front of the glass so that you see clearly all that is outside Of the house. This takes place most distinctly at a determinate distance, found by bringing the paper nearer to or farther from the glass till you have found the proper position. Here you will see the images on the paper as they are, and the gradations, colours, shadows, movements, clouds, the rippling Of water, birds flying, and everything that can be seen. For this experiment the sun must be clear and bright because the sunlight has great power in bringing out the visible images. When it pleases you to make the experiment you should choose the glasses which do best and Should cover the glass so much that you leave a little Of the circumference in the middle which Should be clear and open, and you will see a still brighter effect. Seeing, therefore, on the paper the outline Of things, you can draw with a pencil all the perspective, and the shading and colouring according to nature, holding the paper tightly till you have finished the drawing.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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