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Désiré Van Monckhoven
Désiré Charles Emanuel van Monckhoven (1834–1882) was a Belgian chemist, physicist, and photographic researcher. He was also an inventor and author.Day, Lance ''et al.'' (1996) ''Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology,'' p. 495./ref> Works He wrote several of the earliest books on photography and photographic optics. His original French works were later translated to English and other languages. He invented or developed an enlarger (1864),Hannavy, John. (2008) ''Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-century Photography,'' p. 1438./ref> a dry collodion process (1871), improvements of the carbon print process (1875–80), and improved silver-bromide gelatine emulsions. T3- d126 - Fig. 78. — Appareil d’agrandissement de M. Monckhoven.png, Enlarger T3- d127 - Fig. 79. — Effet de l’appareil de M. Monckhoven.png Selected work * 1857 – ''Méthodes simplifiées de photographie sur papier'' (Simplified methods of photography on paper). Paris : Marion. * 1858 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Désiré Van Monckhoven (1834-1882)
Désiré Charles Emanuel van Monckhoven (1834–1882) was a Belgium, Belgian chemist, physicist, and photographic researcher. He was also an inventor and author.Day, Lance ''et al.'' (1996) ''Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology,'' p. 495./ref> Background Monckhoven studied chemistry and lived at Ghent, in the Flemish Region of Belgium. At 18 he published his ''Traite general de pbotographie'', In 1862 he published ''Traite populaire de photographie sur collodion''. He introduced the dialytic enlarger and in 1864 made improvements to David Acheson Woodward's solar camera used for making photographic enlargements. Monckhoven also studied photographic optics, publishing ''Photographische Optik'', in 1866. In 1867 he moved to Vienna and set up a studio with portrait photographer Rabending before returning to Ghent in 1870. Here he set up a laboratory where he carried out experiments in the ripening of gelatine silver bromide. ''Instruction sur le procede au gelatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |