Discoveries Regarding Action of Light

reproduced from Photographic Journal 1884

Table 2

This table was drawn up from sources as published by Dr JM Edner in History of Photo-chemistry.

Silver

Nitrate solution mixed with chalk gives in sunshine copies of writing

JH Schulze

1727

Nitrate solution -  on paper

Hellot

1737

-  on silk

Fulhame

1797

Rumford

1798

-  with white of egg

D Fischer

1812

Chloride of

JB Beccarius

1757

-  in the spectrum

Scheele

1770

Iodide of

Davy

1814

Bromide of

Balard

1826

Sulphocyanide

Grotthus

1818

Nitrite

Hess

1828

Oxide with ammonia

Mitscherlich

1827

Sulphate

Bergmann

1779

Chromate

Vanquelin

1798

Carbonate

Buchlolz

1800

Oxalate

Bergmann

1779

Benzoate

Trommsdorf

1793

Citrate

Vanquelin

1798

Kinate

Henry and Plisson

1829

Borate

Rose

1830

Pyrophosphate

Stromeyer

1830

Lactate

Pelouze
and Guy Lussac

1833

Silver salts in collodion

Le Grey
(Archer and Fry)

1850

Gold

Oxide

Scheele

1777

Chloride  -  on paper

Hellot

1737

-  on silk

Fulhame

1794

-  and oxalic acid

Döbereiner

1831

Platinum

Chlorine in ether

Gelen

1804

Double chloride of platinum & potassium

Döbereiner

1828

Mercury

Oxide (mercurious)

Guy Lussac
and Th
énard

1811

Davy

1812

Oxide (mercurie)

Davy

1797

-  more accurate observations

Abildgaard

1797

Harup

1801

Chloride (mercurious)

K Neumann

1739

Harup

1801

with oxalic acid

Bergmann

1776

Planche

1815

Sulphate

Meyer

1764

Buonvicino

1793

Oxalate (mercurie)

Bergmann

1776

Oxalate (mercurious)

Harff

1836

Sulphate and ammonia (mercurious)

Yourcroy

1791

Acetate (mercurious)

Garot

1826

Bromide (mercurie)

Löwig

1828

Iodide (mercurious)

Torosewicz

1836

Arlus

1836

Iodide (mercurie)

Field

1836

Citrate (mercurie)

Harff

1836

Tartrate and potassium (mercurious)

Carbonell
and Bravo

1831

Carbonate (mercurie)

Davy

1812

Sulphide (mercurie)

Vitruvius

C1 BC

Iron

Sulphate, sensitiveness to light

Chastaing

1877

Chloride (ferrie) -  and alcohol

Bestuscheff

1725

-  and ether

Klapproth

1782

Oxalate (ferrie) -  and alcohol

Döbereiner

1831

Ferrocyanide of Potassium

Heinrich

1808

Sulphocyanide

Grotthus

1818

Ferrocyanide (Prussian blue)

Scopoli

1783

Copper

Chloride (cuprie dissolved in ether)

Gehlen

1804

Oxalate with sodium

A Vogel

1813

Chloride (cuprous)

A Vogel

1859

Manganese

Sulphate

Brandenburg

1815

Oxalate

Suckow

1832

Lead

Iodide

Schönbein

1850

Sulphate

Schönbein

1850

Peroxide

Guy Lassac

1811

Various Substances

Antimony, sulphide (Kermes)

Suckow

1832

Tripium ammonium chloride

Döbereiner

1831

Silver Chromate

Vanquelin

1798

Chlorine in Water

Berthollet

1785

Chlorine and carbon-monoxide

Davy

1812

Chlorine and marsh gas

Henry

1821

Chlorine and hydrocyanic acid

Serullas

1827

Chlorine and hydrogen

Balard

1832

Iodine and ethylene

Faraday

1821

Cyanogen, solution of

Pelouze
and Richardson

1837

Hydrocyanic acid

Torosewicz

1836

Hypochlorites (calcium and potassium)

Döbereiner

1813

Uranium chloride and ether

Gehlen

1804

Molybdenate of potassium and tin salts

Jager

1800

Phosphoretted hydrogen

A Vogel

1812

Palm oil

Fier

1862

Guaicum

Hagemann

1782

Coloured extracts from flowers

Senebier

1782

Yellow wax bleached

Pliny

C1 BC

Purple dye

Endoxia Anacrembolitissa

C10

Cole

1634

Réaumur

1711

Oils generally

Senebier

1782

Nitric ether

Senebier

1782

Nicotine

Henry and
Bontrou Chalard

1836

Santonine

Merk

1833

The table above, when published in The Photographic Journal in 25 April 1884, pp.107-109.

 

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