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DAGUERREOTYPE [3 records]

Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

daguerreotype: an item in the "Documentary Objects" class of the "Communication Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

daguerréotype : objet de la classe «Objets documentaires» de la catégorie «Objets de communication».

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
OBS

The earliest commercial photographic process (about 1839) ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

Procédé [...] permettant d'enregistrer une image sur une plaque de cuivre recouverte d'argent et sensibilisée à l'iode.

OBS

L'image est révélée aux vapeurs de mercure.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fotografía
CONT

La obtención de una fotografía por daguerrotipia requería una placa de cobre plateada y pulimentada, la cual era sometida a la acción de vapores de yodo que tenían por efecto formar en su superficie yoduro de plata, sustancia sensible a la luz.

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Record 3 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
DEF

... an image that is formed by mercury vapor on a silver-coated copper plate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
DEF

[...] image positive obtenue sur une plaque de cuivre recouverte d'argent, sensibilisée à l'iode et révélée par des vapeurs de mercure.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fotografía
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