The Nanotechnology of the Daguerreotype

(credit: Cincinnati Waterfront Daguerreotype Panorama, Fontayne and Porter, daguerreotypists, 1848 // Owned by the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County ) The daguerreotype is widely considered to be the first form of photography, invented by Frenchman Louis Daguerre in 1839. The George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester, NY owns one of the largest collections of these unique photographic artifacts, with over 5,000 in their h