Daguerre

[ duh-gair; French da-ger ]

noun

1. Louis Jacques Man·dé [lwee zhahk mah, n, -, dey], 1789–1851, French painter and inventor of the daguerreotype.

Daguerre

/ daɡɛr /

noun

1. DaguerreLouis Jacques Mandé17891851MFrenchTECHNOLOGY: inventorTECHNOLOGY: inventor Louis Jacques Mandé (lwi ʒɑk mɑ̃de). 1789–1851, French inventor, who devised one of the first practical photographic processes (1838)

Example Sentences

Or is chroma/non-chroma only a salient binary after Daguerre?

From The Daily Beast

The Daily Pic: Frederick Catherwood's eagle eye did without Daguerre's invention.

From The Daily Beast

This aphorism calls to my mind an anecdote in the life of Daguerre, related in the first edition of this book.

From Project Gutenberg

She would have been a better subject for a motion-picture camera than the 67 invention of Daguerre.

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The earliest sun-pictures, as produced by Daguerre, and named after him, were formed on silver plates treated with iodine.

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In 1839, when Daguerre announced his discovery, he exposed his picture one hour and twelve minutes.

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Monsieur Daguerre and all those who have made improvements on his discovery certainly deserve great honor.

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