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photographic processing
(Encyclopedia)photographic processing, set of procedures by which the latent, or invisible, image produced when a photographic film is exposed to light is made into a permanent visible image. The negative may b...negative
(Encyclopedia)negative: see photographic processing. ...developer
(Encyclopedia)developer: see photographic processing. ...positive
(Encyclopedia)positive: see photographic processing. ...Land, Edwin Herbert
(Encyclopedia)Land, Edwin Herbert, 1909–91, American inventor and photographic pioneer. While at Harvard, Land became interested in the properties and manipulation of polarized light. He left Harvard and, in 1932...bibliography
(Encyclopedia)bibliography. The listing of books is of ancient origin. Lists of clay tablets have been found at Nineveh and elsewhere; the library at Alexandria had subject lists of its books. Modern bibliography b...Cannon, Annie Jump
(Encyclopedia)Cannon, Annie Jump, 1863–1941, American astronomer, b. Dover, Del. In 1897 she became an assistant in the Harvard College Observatory, where (1911–38) she was astronomer and curator of astronomica...photographic magnitude
(Encyclopedia)photographic magnitude: see magnitude. ...photography, still
(Encyclopedia)photography, still, science and art of making permanent images on light-sensitive materials. See also photographic processing; motion picture photography; motion pictures. By the end of ...information processing
(Encyclopedia)information processing: see data processing. ...Browse by Subject
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