Talbot
['tɔlbət]
Definition
(noun.) English inventor and pioneer in photography who published the first book illustrated with photographs (1800-1877).
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Definition
(n.) A sort of dog, noted for quick scent and eager pursuit of game.
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Definition
n. a broad-mouthed large-eared hound usually white—apparently the same as the St Hubert's breed.
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Examples
- The use of gauze screens was first described by Fox Talbot in British patent No. 565, October 29, 1852. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The Talbot process represented a great advance in this art. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Mr. Talbot's patent was sealed on the 8th of February, 1841. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- On July 1 he did so, and made practical demonstration of its working to the society at Oxford, Talbot County, and again on July 12 at Easton. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In 1841, British patent No. 8,842 was obtained by Mr. Talbot, for what he called the Calotype, and which was afterward known as the Talbotype. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Mr. Fox Talbot has distinguished himself in thus fixing the images on steel, as he was the first to impress them upon paper. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The Calotype process, by which the images of the camera can be fixed upon paper, was invented by Mr. Talbot, in 1840. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Fox Talbot makes Photo Prints from Negatives. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In 1851 the first instantaneous views were made by Mr. Cady and Mr. Beckers, of New York, and also by Mr. Talbot, who employed as a flash light a spark from a Leyden jar. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- That mixture Mr. Talbot calls gallo-nitrate of silver, and with it wash over the surface of the iodised paper. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The first great step in this direction was taken by Fox Talbot in 1841. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- And not only was Fox Talbot the first to develop a faint or invisible image; he was also the first to make a negative and use it for printing. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Fox Talbot first uses reticulated screen for Half Tone Printing. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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