The Chemistry of Light and Photography

NY: D. Appleton & Company. Good with no dust jacket; Boards soiled, 17 pages underlined, silverfish . damage to spine.. 1875. First American Edition. Hardcover. Red boards stamped in black and in gilt. xi, 288pp, [12]pp of publishers ads at rear and 4pp blue paper advertising insert bound in after half-title page. Six plates and numerous engravings. Plates include tipped-in Woodburytype frontispiece of the moon reproduced from Rutherford's negative, tipped-in negative and positive licht paus or sun prints, electrotype and copper-plate engraving from heliographs, reproduction of an ordnance survey, and two tipped-in photographs demonstrating before and after retouching of negatives. Brian Coe's "Colour Photography" notes that German photochemist Hermann Wilhelm Vogel made pioneering observations about photographic plate sensitivity to dyes, thus paving the way for further development of color photography. He also taught noted photographer Alfred Stieglitz. This book describes the history of early photography, chemical effects of light, applications of photography to astronomy, portrait photography, and various sciences, and early color photography examples using a variety of chemicals, from aniline dyes to uranium. A two-page appendix to this American edition by E. L. Y. (Edward L. Youmanns) relates American scientific contributions to photography and photochemistry). ; International Science Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .