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The daguerreotype is one of the earliest photographic processes and was invented by Louis Daguerre. His patent was acquired by the French government and a life-long pension granted in exchange for the free use of the process world-wide. One week before, Daguerre registered his patent in Fox Talbot's native Britain, restricting the taking of daguerreotypes to a select few. It was the only country where such a patent was enforced.
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Print from the earliest known surviving photographic negative made by William Henry Fox Talbot. He spent considerable amounts of his own money in developing his process.
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Coney Island's Topsy the elephant is electrocuted in front of 1500 people by Thomas Edison. His aim was to demonstrate the dangers of Tesla's AC current and promote instead his own DC system. These demonstrations led in turn to the invention of the electric chair.
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Nikola Tesla's laboratory in Colorado Springs. Without him we would not have the AC power system used today.
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The first aerial photograph was taken from a balloon by Felix Nadar in 1858. He also pioneered the use of artificial lighting whilst exploring the sewers and catacombs beneath Paris.
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During his lifetime, Wilson 'Snowflake' Bentley photographed more than 5000 snow crystals. He never found any two alike. He died of pneumonia in December 1931.
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Early image taken without a camera, exposed by the sun's rays. Fox Talbot's photogenic drawing process.
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"In the photographic darkroom at home we pass moments of as thrilling interest as any in the field, when the image begins to appear on the plate and it is yet an open question whether we have a picture of a flying machine, or merely a patch of open sky."
WILBUR WRIGHT, 1901
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