Early Photograph | Making Daguerreotypes
disclose = make (secret or new information) known depiction = the action of showing something, especially in a work of art a mecca of = a place to which many people are attracted cross-section = a small group that represents all of the different types within the total group all walks of life = different types of jobs and different levels of society for all their popularity = in spite of their popularity labor intensive = taking lots of time for work exposure = the action of exposing a photographic film to light polished = shiny as a result of being rubbed moistened = wet slightly dilute = having a relatively low concentration buffed = polished fume = an amount of gas or vapour quickstuff = way to complete something or do something faster rotten stone = a decomposed rock used for polishing copper = metal Cu silver = metal Ag iodine = element I bromine = element Br mercury = metal Hg hyposulfite of soda = substance Na2S2O3 chloride of gold = substance AuCl3 #photography #video