 | 1843 - 630 pages
...though well known throughout Europe, had never been applied to the arts till 1802, f when a metkod of copying paintings upon glass, and of making profiles by the agency of light upon nitrate of silver, was first given to the world. This method was the unquestionable invention of our celebrated countryman... | |
 | 1843 - 632 pages
...8vo scries, vol. iii. p. 1U7, Nov. 1802. An Account of a Method of Copi ing Paintings upon Glass, und of Making Profiles by the Agency of Light upon Nitrate of Silver. Invented by T. Wedgewood, Esq., with Ob,ervations by H. Daw. Journals of the Hoval Institution, vol. i. p. 170. 1802.... | |
 | Jeremias David Reuss - 1804 - 574 pages
...fluid fubftances. (Ibid. Y. 1802. Oft. p. 135.) An account of a method of copying paintings upon glafs, and of making profiles by the agency of light upon nitrate of filver, invented by T. Wedfr wood. (Ibid. Y. I8O2. Nov. p. 167.) An account of fome galvanic combinations,... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 598 pages
...will be noticed on a future occasion. There is likewise a paper of considerable interest, entitled, " An Account of a method of copying Paintings upon Glass,...Light upon Nitrate of Silver, invented by T. Wedgwood, P^sq. ; with Observations by H. Davy." In the first place, he gives an account of the experiments of... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1831 - 582 pages
...will be noticed on a future occasion. There is likewise a paper of considerable interest, entitled, " An Account of a method of copying Paintings upon Glass,...Light upon Nitrate of Silver, invented by T. Wedgwood, F^sq. ; with Observations by H. Davy." In the first place, he gives an account of the experiments of... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1831 - 690 pages
...Acid;' and ' On the Processes of Tanning;' ' An Account of a Method of Copying Paintings upon Glass, and making Profiles by the agency of Light upon Nitrate of Silver,' invented by Mr. T. Wedgwood, with observations by Davy; ' On the Collision of Flint and Steel in vacuo ;' and some... | |
 | 1841 - 668 pages
...excited most attention at the time. Among others he gave considerable attention for a time to Wedgewood's method of " copying paintings upon glass, and of making...profiles by the agency of light upon nitrate of silver," which has very recently been so much improved by Mr. Talbot of England, and from which, also, M. Daguerre... | |
 | THE EDINBURGH REVIEW OR CRITICAL JOURNAL - 1843 - 672 pages
...though well known throughout Europe, had never been applied to the arts till 1802, f when a me~ thod of copying paintings upon glass, and of making profiles by the agency of light upon nitrate of silver, was first given to the world. This method was the unquestionable invention of our celebrated countryman... | |
 | 1843 - 630 pages
...interesting facts, though well known throughout Europe, had never been applied to the arts till 1802, f when a method of copying paintings upon glass, and of making profiles by the ayency of liyht upon nitrate of silver, was first given to the world. This method was the unquestionable... | |
 | 1871 - 808 pages
...Thomas Wedgwood and Sir Humphry Davy contributed to the Journal of the Royal Institution a paper on "An Account of a Method of Copying Paintings upon...Profiles by the Agency of Light upon Nitrate of Silver." Let us take an extract or two from this paper, first reminding our readers that Daguerre did not announce... | |
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An Account of a Method of Copying Paintings upon Glass, and of making Profiles by the Agency of Light upon Nitrate of Silver; with Observations by H. Davy. 
