Nicéphore Niépce, born Joseph Niépce,1765 – 1833. French inventor of photography, left and Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, 1787 – 1851. French artist and photographer, recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography, right, working together in the late 19th century. From Les Merveilles de la Science, published c.1870
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