daguerreotype
noun
an obsolete photographic process, invented in 1839, in which a picture made on a silver surface sensitized with iodine was developed by exposure to mercury vapor.
daguerreotypic
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a word derived from
daguerreotype.
Example Sentences
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They are full of that energy, vivacity, and daguerreotypic verity which he so eminently displays.
From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) by Shearjashub Spooner
One of the first fruits of the daguerreotypic art was the suggestion that unknown murderers could be detected by photographing the last image left on the retina of the murdered person's eye.
From The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. by Various
