World’s First Photograph!
By Arnab on Dec 3, 2007 in Education, Internet
Joseph Niepce of France took the world’s first photograph in 1826. He named the photograph “heliograph.” It took 8 hours to take the picture. It is not known however exactly how he took the photo. People are thinking that he used pewter plate coated with bitumen (a petroleum that is sensitive to light). Then he waited 8 hours letting this dry and harden. After that he washed it with white petroleum and lavender oil. It washed away the undissolved bitumen which didn’t see the light. Here is the picture
Actually, there were cameras then, and they had been around since DaVinci’s day, at least. They were the camera obscura, or pin hole camera, which by 1826, was using a lens instead. The mystery is not with the machine he used to make the picture but the emulsion he used.
Larry gambone | Dec 4, 2007 | Reply
thnx buddy for the information. I wasn’t aware of that.
admin | Dec 4, 2007 | Reply
Thanks for the neat photo!!!!
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Ted | Dec 4, 2007 | Reply
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Arnab | Dec 4, 2007 | Reply
i got here from blogrus too!
thanks for sharing!
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