The Chemistry of Light and Photography in their Application to Art, Science, and Industry

by Hermann Vogel

Overview

First published in 1875, this book describes the history and science of photography, with an emphasis on the practical processes involved and their relation to the physical and chemical properties of light. Hermann Vogel (1834–1898), who pioneered the technology for colour photography, was Professor of Photography at the Royal Industrial Academy of Berlin. Here he explains the science of photography simply and concisely for a popular readership. The book has 100 illustrations, including both woodcuts and 'specimens of the latest discoveries in photography', intended to demonstrate the value of the technology to society. It traces the history of photography from its beginnings in experiments conducted by Davy and Wedgwood and the invention of the Daguerreotype to the most recent developments of Vogel's day. It was regarded as the most comprehensive guide to photography then available, and ran to several editions. This reissue is of the fourth edition of 1883.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108026628
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	05/19/2011
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Technology
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	302
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Development of our photo-chemical knowldge; 2. The daguerreotype; 3. Paper photography and the Lichtpaus, or New Talbot Process; 4. The development of modern photography; 5. The negative process; 6. The positive process; 7. Light as a chemical agent; 8. Chemical effect of different sources of light; 9. On the refraction of light; 10. Photographic optical apparatus; 11. The chemical effects of light; 12. On the correctness of photographs; 13. Light, shade, and perspective; 14. The applications of photography; 15. Photography with chromium compounds; 16. Photography with iron, uranium, and copper compounds; 17. The change of glass under the influence of light; 18. Photography in natural colours; 19. Photography as a subject to be taught in art and industrial schools; Index.