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.[1] 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),[2] a dry collodion process (1871), improvements of the carbon print process (1875–80), and improved silver-bromide gelatine emulsions.[1]
Selected work
- 1857 – Méthodes simplifiées de photographie sur papier (Simplified methods of photography on paper). Paris : Marion. OCLC 16973778
- 1858 – Procédé nouveau de photographie sur plaques de fer: et notice sur les vernis photographiques et le collodion sec (A new process of photography on ferrous plates). Paris : A. Gaudin. OCLC 7011879
- 1862 – Traité populaire de photographie sur collodion. Paris: Lieber. OCLC 17454826
- 1863 – A Popular Treatise on Photography: also A description of, and remarks on, The stereoscope and photographic optics (tr. W.H. Thornthwaite) London: Virtue Brothers. OCLC 17368038 See excerpt transcription
- 1867 – Photographic Optics; Including the Description of Lenses and Enlarging Apparatus. London: Robert Hardwicke. OCLC 5332903 – reprinted by Arno Press, New York. ISBN 978-0-405-09624-2 OCLC 4642259
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Day, Lance et al. (1996). Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology, p. 495.
- ^ Hannavy, John. (2008). Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-century Photography, p. 1438.
References
- Beach, Frederick Converse. "Modern amateur photography," Harper's Magazine. January 1889. pp. 288–297.
- Day, Lance and Ian McNeil. (1996). Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology. London: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-06042-4
- Hannavy, John. (2008). Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-century Photography. London: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-415-97235-2
- "The Late Dr. Van Monckhoven," Nature. Volume 26, Issue 677, pp. 601– 602 (October 1882).
External links
- Monckhoven biographical note
- Exhibitions of the Royal Photographic Society, 1870–1915: Exhibitor records, Dr. van Monckhoven, 1877
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