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This etext was created by Gregory Walker, in Austin, Texas, for theDigital Daguerreian Archive Project--electronic texts from the dawn ofphotography.

Internet: gwalker@netcom.com CompuServe: 73577,677

The location of the illustrations in the text are marked by"[HIPHO_##.GIF]" on a separate line.

I hope this etext inspires a wider interest in the origins ofphotography and in the modern practice of the Daguerreian Art.




THE HISTORY AND PRACTICE
OF THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY;

OR THE PRODUCTION OF PICTURES
THROUGH THE AGENCY OF LIGHT.

CONTAINING ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS NECESSARY FOR THE COMPLETE PRACTICE OF
THE DAGUERREAN AND PHOTOGENIC ART, BOTH ON METALLIC PLATES AND ON PAPER.


By HENRY H. SNELLING.



ILLUSTRATED WITH WOOD CUTS.



New York: PUBLISHED BY G. P. PUTNAM, 155 Broadway, 1849.




Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1849, by H. H.Snelling, in the Clerk's office, of the District Court of the SouthernDistrict of New York.


New York: PRINTED BY BUSTEED & McCOY, 163 Fulton Street.




TO EDWARD ANTHONY, ESQ., AN ESTEEMED FRIEND.

Whose gentlemanly deportment, liberal feelings, and strict integrityhave secured him a large circle of friends, this work is RespectfullyDedicated By the AUTHOR.




CONTENTS

 PREFACE
 INTRODUCTION
I.  A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ART.
II.  THE THEORY ON LIGHT.—THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINCIPLE
III.  SYNOPSIS OF MR. HUNT'S TREATISE ON "THE INFLUENCE OF THESOLAR RAYS ON COMPOUND BODIES, WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THEIR PHOTOGRAPHIC APPLICATION."
IV.  A FEW HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS TO DAGUERREOTYPISTS.
V.  DAGUERREOTYPE APPARATUS.
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