Daguerrotype

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English

Etymology

Named after French chemist Louis Daguerre who announced the process in 1839. Daguerre and Nicéphore Niépce had together invented it.

Noun

Daguerrotype (plural Daguerrotypes)

1. An early type of photograph creating by exposing a silver surface which has previously been exposed to either iodine or bromine vapour.