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Fox Talbot   /fɑks tˈælbət/   Listen
Fox Talbot

noun
1.
English inventor and pioneer in photography who published the first book illustrated with photographs (1800-1877).  Synonyms: Talbot, William Henry Fox Talbot.






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"Fox Talbot" Quotes from Famous Books



... STEREOSCOPE.—This instrument was invented by Professor Wheatstone, and first described by him in 1838. It was only a year after this that M. Daguerre made known his discovery in Paris; and almost at the same time Mr. Fox Talbot sent his communication to the Royal Society, giving an account of his method of obtaining pictures on paper by the action of light. Iodine was discovered in 1811, bromine in 1826, chloroform in 1831, ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 3, No. 20, June, 1859 • Various



Words linked to "Fox Talbot" :   discoverer, artificer, lensman, William Henry Fox Talbot, photographer, inventor



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