Complete Definition of "daguerrotype"

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Named after French chemist w:Louis Daguerre|Louis Daguerre who announced the process in 1839. Daguerre and w:Nicéphore Niépce|Nicéphore Niépce had together invented it.
Noun
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  1. An early type of photograph creating by exposing a silver surface which has previously been exposed to either iodine or bromine vapour.

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