Letters, 1816-1839.

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Letters, 1816-1839.

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Photostats of letters from Joseph-Nicéphore Niépce to Claude Niépce, written from St. Loup and Chalon sur Saône, all but two in the years 1816-1817. Much of the material in the letters relates to photography and these have been published in part in Foque's LA VÉRITÉ SUR L'INVENTION DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE; NICÉPHORE NIÉPCE, SA VIE, SES ESSAIS, SES TRAVAUX (Paris, 1867).

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Niépce, Nicéphore 1765-1833

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Frenchman credited as the inventor of photography with his successful experiment of permanently fixing an image in 1826. From the description of View from the window at Gras. 1826. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122492310 French chemist who originated a photographic process. He worked with Daguerre who perfected Niépce's discovery after the latter's death. From the desc...

Niépce, Claude 1763-1828

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