Download or read book Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution written by Smithsonian Institution and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Report of recent progress in physics", by Dr. Joh. Müller, University of Freiburg, translated from the German and with additions by George C. Schaeffer. Discusses (p. 392-407) the history of electrotype including electro-etching of daguerreotypes, particularly the use of electrotypes by Harper's magazine for whole issues by 1854, and mentions that Fizeau plates would bear only 30 to 40 impressions.---Hanson Collection Catalog, p. 21.