Heliography

Heliography
An early photographic process invented by Niepce, employing a polished pewter plate coated with bitumen of Judea.
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Heliography: A Chronology of New England Inventions and Innovations in the 19th Century. Accessed 23 January 2006.
Miki, Tamon. 'Concerning the Arrival of Photography in Japan.

This French chemist discovered what he called “heliography' (literal translation from greek: “drawing with the sun') using an unlikely substance; asphalt! ...

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