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xl INTRODUCTION the Victoria & Albert Museum—and those who initiated the collecting of photographs at the Library of Congres ...

A 1 ABBE, ERNST (1840–1905) German-born Ernst Abbe was one of the pioneers in op- tical physics. In 1866, while a Professor at t ...

22 St Alkmands, Derby (later the prebendary of Lichfi eld). Through his mother, Abney was the great great grand- son of Jedediah ...

33 Barnet, Hertfordshire. The second marriage produced one daughter. For many years, Abney lived in South Bolton Gardens, close ...

4 Elliott & Son, photographic plate manufacturers in Brent, north London. Long interested in representing motion by photogra ...

5 with sensitised chemicals that had been made by the photographer or commercially in small quantities. Their sensitivity varied ...

6 Bedding, Thomas, “Exposure Tables and Exposure Meters,” in British Journal of Photography 1901. London: Henry Green- wood & ...

7 process to Brewster and, since Talbot’s patent did not extend to Scotland, Brewster shared the information with his St Andrews ...

8 He was a professor of chemistry and natural science at St. Andrews University and served as a medical of- fi cer for the town ...

9 cabinet cards. The resultant publicity, both free and paid for, could generate sales of tens of thousand for a single carte, e ...

10 tisement during the mid-nineteenth century was to serve as a template for wood engravers to make a wood block print. Later ph ...

11 and electricity. Traveling salesmen carried the bound album of albumen silver prints surrounded by advertis- ing text to show ...

12 Further Reading Craig, Robert L. “Fact, Public Opinion, and Persuasion: The Rise of the Visual in Journalism and Advertising, ...

13 in the mid-1880s. The earliest known air photograph from a balloon taken in Canada was taken in 1883 via remote control by Ro ...

14 overlapping photographs which could be converted into topographical maps. Military applications, while obvious to scientists, ...

15 Wise (1895), the American William A. Eddy (1895), and Lord Baden-Powell (England, pre-1900). Early camera-carrying rockets in ...

16 by 1845.These early photographers were itinerants, producing mainly portraits for European settlers and locals for a few week ...

17 Ngami refusing to be photographed because he was not suitably attired and bartering his consent for items of the explorer’s c ...

18 Photographers were employed to record engineer- ing feats, such as the building of railways, roads and bridges, symbols of th ...

19 from daguerreotypes included views of Algiers, Beirut, Damascus, and Baalbek. For the French, an interest in the architectura ...