1. Photography — 2021-08-14 19:57:18

   …ced_window_at_lacock_abbey_1835.jpg" class="left" title="First photograph - Lacock abbey 1935" width="200" }} == First Negative == Fox Talbot wanted to be able to reproduce the images he captured and searched for a method to achieve this. Using v…
   …y short exposure. Although it could not be seen, he found he could chemically speed up the process to develop a useful negative. The image on this negative was then fixed with a chemical solution. This removed the light-sensitive silver making it …
   …safe to view the picture in bright light. With the negative image, Fox Talbot found he could then repeat the process of printing from the negative. He called this the **'calotype'…

2. Cowboy — 2021-08-09 21:03:46

   …alled themselves **vacquero** a Spanish word that was Anglicised to become **Buckaroo**. In fact, cowboy was used in a negative way to refer to Brits/Tories who stole US cattle during the war of independence and again to refer to black or, as they…

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