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Photography and Electroplating in Birmingham in 1840s

mikejee

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Very interesting article available online

journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk

Photography and electroplate in 1840s Birmingham - Science Museum Group Journal

This article examines the relationship between electroplating and photography in 1840s Birmingham, exposing significant improvements that electroplated silver offered to the daguerreotype process using recreative methodologies. These technologies were developed by a group of scientists centred...
journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk
 
Interesting read, maybe especially as I did apprenticeship in electroplating '58-'61. Do remember having to endlessly polish 6''x 4'' brass plates to a mirror finish to act as test pieces, as mentioned.
 
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