The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-16
CELEBRATED BY A WORLD
seMl-cENTeNNlAL OF THE ART or
SUN PICTURE MAKING.
Iouis Jacques Maude Daguerre-Joseph
Siccphore Niepce-Many Espcrimenters
uefore Them Curious Stories About
Ancient Pictures Made by Sunlight.
Sod Corresponience.l

G cbration Is not confined 10 any one coun
b.. try but il scattered all over the globe
it is not limited to any narrow bounds OF
specific date, but has spread over at least
the first half Of the year; hundreds OF
thousands Of persons are the celebrants
and yet. outside the devotees OF a pariic
ular branch of scientific art, the pubic
knows very little Of what is going on m
r this world wide demonstration.
This is the semi-centenary year Of the
discovery of the art of making pictures
by sunlight It is also the centenary of
the birth Of Louis Jacques Maude Da-
guerre, the discovercr Of that art These
considerations have aroused the cnthusi-
asm not only of the enormous regular
army Of knights Of the camera. the pro-
fessional photographers, but of the yet
, more vast multitude Of amateurs, whose
ioy and pride in their beloved art finds
delighted expression this year in am iniin-
itude Of papers. which they read to each
other. and experiences which they mu-
tually narrate i'm all languages, and APP
propriate resolutions without number
10 give solidity and pormanence 70 thoir
memories OF the glorious occasion, the
/ Photographers Association OF America
have prepared splendid Jubilee medal"
in gold and silver, bearing head of Da-
guerre in relieve. which will BIO distrib-
uted among them at their annual con
vention in Boston, Ia August.
The art crystallized into practically
by Daguorre had been the dream Of
! many men before him. and there were
not wanting legends of It's measurable
accomplishment in strange ways by
others. 10 is recorded that one Ia Roche
hundreds of years ago, did put into "a
bowl some solution the secret Of which
was known TO him alone, the which when
steadily gazcd upon by any one would
CONCEAL. retaining in It's depths visible.
clear and perfect picture Of the gazer
If Ia Roche over dill anything of the
sort he was in ail probability piously
burned as ono ia league with the foul
/ heud. bat the chances are that he never
did Another OF the historical myths in
/ this connection Is that VI. Charles.
frcnchman did in 1890 possess some
process by which sunlight produced por-
traits In "a dark impression upon a pre-
pared surface. Tho yogees of India
have from time immomorial claimed the
power TO produce pictures by occult
means out Of tho "asiral current or
ether and 10 iix them permanently upon
material surfaces by sheer force of will.
but one has 10 have quite robust faith
10 believe il. I'm 1902 Thomas Wedge
wood published in the journal Of the.
ROYAL institute Of England San account
OF method Of copying paintings upon
glass and Of making profile by the agen-
cy of light upon nitrate of silver, with
observations by II. Dagy." That was
the first recorded attempt TO produce
images by the decomposins powers OF
light
ln 1914 Joseph Nicephoro Niepce, of
Cia'0ns-sur-Saouc. France. entered upon
D series of interesting and important OK
uorimoutsou the chemical action OF light.
particularly With reference o. is pop
crty of altering the solubiiity of many
rc.iuous substances. His object was the
fixing Of the images of the camera OBJ
scurl Ten wears later NJ Daguerrc.
then scene painter with w. Degotu, at
the Grand Opera in Paris, entered upon
a similar course Of experiment. lie used
paper impro-uated with solution of the
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'''''' " .'' -''eloe an" made over !
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'e i'.'''' 0o''i'y' anu u was not until /
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li'"e4 telNee" them' and not until 1929 /
tn"s 'Ney formed coalition FOR joint cx-
pertinent ana mutual interest IA their re-
spoc''Ne aiscoFeiies. W hen Niepce died. /
III 1000 u.s. son. d. lsidore Nlepce' took
ms place 10 % continued arrangement
WIN VI. DHsueife Tor conJoined interest
'i inc results OF lheiF continued expen-
ments. IL does not appear that the
Younger Niepce discovered anything.
though &c Is possible that his researches