Preface Introduction Part I: The Brazil of Hercule Florence 1. Brazil at the beginning of the 19th century 2. The inventor''s youth 3. His arrival to Brazil 4. The Langsdorff Expedition 5. Vila de São Carlos 6. First researches and discoveries 7. Campinas'' first typography.
The periodical O Paulista 8. From the pictorial representation to the Salle Obscure 9. Hercule Florence''s other activities after 1839 Part II: Photography 10. Rediscovering the world 11. Europe in the 18th century Knowledge in optics: the camera obscura The contribution of chemistry 12. The multiple inventions of Photography 13. The announcement in Brazil of Daguerre''s discovery 14. References to Florence''s Discovery by various authors 15.
References registered by Florence about his discovery Part III: Replication and Confirmation of Florence''s Discovery 16. Critical examination of the sources: Methodology 17. Written sources Description of the physical characteristics and content of the diaries Analysis of the texts related to photography included in the diaries First notes The use of the c'mera obscura. Sensitizing paper with silver nitrate "Printing" by means of sunlight Preparing the matrix or "negative" preparation. Materials and techniques Sensitizing surfaces. Chemical substances. Materials and techniques Printing plates Searching for a fixing agent. Experimentations with urine.
The use of ammonia. Other references. International primacy in the use of the term photographie 18. Iconographic Sources Physical characteristics and content of the sources. Description and analysis. 19. Other Sources 20. Florence''s statements to the Brazilian press 21.
Chemical confirmation of Hercule Florence''s experiments Afterword Annexes Hercule Florence''s Notes Related to Photography Livre d''annotations et de premiers matériaux 2ème livre de premiers matériaux L''ami des arts livré à lui-même 3ème livre de premiers matériaux L''inventeur au Brésil - Correspondance et pièces scientifiques 12. The multiple inventions of Photography 13. The announcement in Brazil of Daguerre''s discovery 14. References to Florence''s Discovery by various authors 15. References registered by Florence about his discovery Part III: Replication and Confirmation of Florence''s Discovery 16. Critical examination of the sources: Methodology 17. Written sources Description of the physical characteristics and content of the diaries Analysis of the texts related to photography included in the diaries First notes The use of the c'mera obscura. Sensitizing paper with silver nitrate "Printing" by means of sunlight Preparing the matrix or "negative" preparation.
Materials and techniques Sensitizing surfaces. Chemical substances. Materials and techniques Printing plates Searching for a fixing agent. Experimentations with urine. The use of ammonia. Other references. International primacy in the use of the term photographie 18. Iconographic Sources Physical characteristics and content of the sources.
Description and analysis. 19. Other Sources 20. Florence''s statements to the Brazilian press 21. Chemical confirmation of Hercule Florence''s experiments Afterword Annexes Hercule Florence''s Notes Related to Photography Livre d''annotations et de premiers matériaux 2ème livre de premiers matériaux L''ami des arts livré à lui-même 3ème livre de premiers matériaux L''inventeur au Brésil - Correspondance et pièces scientifiques stances. Materials and techniques Printing plates Searching for a fixing agent. Experimentations with urine. The use of ammonia.
Other references. International primacy in the use of the term photographie 18. Iconographic Sources Physical characteristics and content of the sources. Description and analysis. 19. Other Sources 20. Florence''s statements to the Brazilian press 21. Chemical confirmation of Hercule Florence''s experiments Afterword Annexes Hercule Florence''s Notes Related to Photography Livre d''annotations et de premiers matériaux 2ème livre de premiers matériaux L''ami des arts livré à lui-même 3ème livre de premiers matériaux L''inventeur au Brésil - Correspondance et pièces scientifiques ur au Brésil - Correspondance et pièces scientifiques.