Daguerre

[duh-gair; French da-ger]

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

Contemporary Examples of daguerre

Or is chroma/non-chroma only a salient binary after Daguerre?
Did Rothko Go Colorful Because Printing Did?
Blake Gopnik
January 31, 2013
The Daily Pic: Frederick Catherwood's eagle eye did without Daguerre's invention.
Photos Before Photography
Blake Gopnik
September 21, 2012

Historical Examples of daguerre

Daguerre, inventor of the daguerreotype, died at Paris, aged 61.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology
Joel Munsell
He did it, and brought me the daguerre, which I thankfully paid for.
The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume VI, Familiar Letters
Henry David Thoreau
Daguerre first invented the process (silver film on a copper plate) in 1839.
Astronomy
David Todd
Daguerre announced his invention of the sun prints, since known as daguerreotypes.
The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4
Various
Daguerre never did much towards the improvement of his process.
The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851
Various

British Dictionary definitions for daguerre

Daguerre

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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