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Dec 7, 2010 · For Sir John Herschel, science and art were inextricably linked. Son of the celebrated astronomer William Herschel—who, with the discovery of the planet Uranus, revolutionized the modern day conception of the universe—science was in John Herschel’s blood. Following in his father’s footsteps, Herschel himself became a renowned astronomer.
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John Herschel. Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet KH FRS ( / ˈhɜːrʃəl, ˈhɛər -/; [2] 7 March 1792 – 11 May 1871) [1] was an English polymath active as a mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor, and experimental photographer who invented the blueprint [3] [4] [5] and did botanical work. [6]
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Sep 1, 2009 · The Blueprint. “This paper will prove valuable,” wrote John Herschel in a scientific memorandum on April 23, 1842, noting the effect of sunlight on a sample he had treated with “ferrocyanate ...
Feb 7, 2021 · The cyanotype process, also known as the blueprint process, was first introduced by John Herschel (1792 – 1871) in 1842. Sir John was an astronomer, trying to find a way of copying his notes. Herschel managed to fix pictures using hyposulphite of soda as early as 1839. In the early days the paper was coated with iron salts and then used in ...
Feb 28, 2023 · Sir John Herschel: The inventor of cyanotypes. Sir John Herschel began by experimenting with sun prints (or photograms). These were one of the earliest forms of photography and involved laying an object on chemically-treated paper before exposing it to a light source. Later, in 1842, he used paper coated with a solution of iron salts, sun ...
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Cyanotype. In 1842, the scientist and astronomer Sir John Herschel invented a new process for reproducing his notes. By combining sunlight and an iron salt solution on photo-sensitive paper, a Prussian blue image was created. Just a year after Herschel’s invention, a family friend, the botanist Anna Atkins used the technique to create copies ...
The cyanotype process has existed nearly since the inception of photography itself, and cyanotypes are immediately recognizable by their vibrant cyan blue tones. The process was invented in 1842 by the Englishman Sir John F. W. Herschel (1792–1871), who intended it for reproducing mathematical tables.
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