Daguerre

[ duh-gair; French da-ger ]

/ dəˈgɛər; French daˈgɛr /

noun

Louis Jacques Man·dé

[lwee zhahk mahn-dey] /lwi ʒɑk mɑ̃ˈdeɪ/, 1789–1851, French painter and inventor of the daguerreotype.

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Examples from the Web for daguerre

Or is chroma/non-chroma only a salient binary after Daguerre?
Did Rothko Go Colorful Because Printing Did?|Blake Gopnik|January 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Daily Pic: Frederick Catherwood's eagle eye did without Daguerre's invention.
Photos Before Photography|Blake Gopnik|September 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Later Daguerre became associated with Niepce and the famous daguerreotype was the result.
Artificial Light|M. Luckiesh
Daguerre employed it also, and, as it appears, with far more promise of success than any obtained by M. Niepce.
The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851|Various

Take, for instance, the notorious and justly censured patent of Daguerre.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.|Various
Daguerre, continuing his experiments, discovered eventually the process connected with his name.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8|Various
On the 3rd of March 1839 the Diorama, together with the work on which Daguerre was then engaged, was destroyed by fire.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8|Various

British Dictionary definitions for daguerre

Daguerre

/ (French daɡɛr) /

noun

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

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