Daguerreotype:
The first practical photographic process, in which
an image is formed on a copper plate coated with highly polished
silver that is sensitized by fumes of iodine to form silver iodide.
Following exposure the latent image is developed in mercury vapor,
resulting in a unique image on metal that cannot be used as a
negative for replication.
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