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Romance of Modern Photography

Public domain audiobook

Romance of Modern Photography

by Charles R. Gibson

English· 09:30:59· 23 chapters
It is not the author's purpose in the present volume to give any instruction in the practice of photography. There are many works dealing with the practical side of the subject. His object is to tell the romantic story of the discovery of this wonderful art, and the steps by which its range has been extended until it can achieve results which only a few years ago would have been thought impossible. A glance at the list of chapters will show what a wide field photography now covers, and what service it renders to man, both in his everyday life and in his most subtle scientific researches. - Summary by The Author

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    How Photography Came to be Invented

    17:56
  2. Chapter 2

    Early Photographs on Silvered Plates

    36:01
  3. Chapter 3

    A Great English Inventor

    24:54
  4. Chapter 4

    Instantaneous Photography

    18:47
  5. Chapter 5

    Can We Photograph in Colours?

    41:34
  6. Chapter 6

    More About Colour Photography

    28:08
  7. Chapter 7

    Colour Photography Without Coloured Screens

    12:54
  8. Chapter 8

    The Making of Book Illustrations

    19:48
  9. Chapter 9

    More About Book Illustrations

    22:41
  10. Chapter 10

    The Three-Colour Process of Printing

    28:41
  11. Chapter 11

    Photography and the Criminal

    40:17
  12. Chapter 12

    Photographing the Invisible

    29:47
  13. Chapter 13

    More Invisible Rays

    18:59
  14. Chapter 14

    Photographing Microbes, etc

    27:05
  15. Chapter 15

    Photographing Under Difficulties

    15:55
  16. Chapter 16

    Telegraphing Photographs

    18:51
  17. Chapter 17

    Nature's Camera

    32:02
  18. Chapter 18

    Some Interesting Achievements

    28:20
  19. Chapter 19

    Photographing the Stars

    33:47
  20. Chapter 20

    Photography and Science

    28:49
  21. Chapter 21

    A Camera Without a Lens, etc

    19:46
  22. Chapter 22

    How Light Makes the Photograph

    16:45
  23. Chapter 23

    Conclusion

    09:12