文档介绍：AMERICAN HAND-BOOK of THE DAGUERREOTYPE.
AMERICAN HAND-
BOOK of THE
DAGUERREOTYPE.
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AMERICAN HAND-BOOK of THE DAGUERREOTYPE.
PREFACE.
There is not an Amateur or practical Daguerreotypist, who has not felt
the want of a manual--Hand Book, giving concise and reliable information
for the processes, and preparations of the Agents employed in his practice.
Since portraits by the Daguerreotype are at this time believed to be
more durable than any other style of "Sun-drawing," the author has hit
upon the present as being an appropriate time for the introduction of the
Fifth Edition of this work. The earlier edition having a long since been
wholly; exhausted, the one now before you is presented.
The endeavor has been to point out the readiest and most approved
Methods of Operation, and condense in its pages; as much practical
information as its limits will admit. An extended Preface is unnecessary,
since the aim and scope of this work are sufficiently indicated by the title.
S. D. HUMPHREY NEW YORK, 1858.
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AMERICAN HAND-BOOK of THE DAGUERREOTYPE.
CHAPTER I.
Polishing the Daguerreotype Plate--Buffing the Plate--Coating the
Plate-- Exposure of the Plate in the Camera--Position--Developing the
Daguerreotype-- Exposure to Mercury--Removing the Coating--Gilding or
fixing the Image-- Coloring Daguerreotype.
Polishing the Daguerreotype Plate.--I shall endeavor to present to the
reader the process I have found productive of good and satisfactory results,
presenting the same in a clear and concise manner, so that any one, by
following the various manipulations given, will be enabled to eed. If
there is any one part of the process in Daguerreotype in which operators
fail more than all others, it is in not properly preparing the plate. It has
truly been said that it would take a volume to describe all the methods that
have been suggested for polishing the plate.
I shall confine myself to the following description, which has been
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