Niepce's process

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Invented by J. N. Niepce, a French chemist, in 1829.

Proper noun[edit]

Niepce's process

  1. (photography, historical) A photographic process based on the action of light in rendering a thin layer of bitumen, with which the plate is coated, insoluble.