feb 13, 1827 - Joseph Nicephore Niepce
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Niepce set up a camera obscura and placed a polished pewter plate coated with a kind of asphalt in it. The process took 8 hours. Niepce took a mixture of white petroleum and lavender oil, which dissolved away the parts that had not been hardened by light.circa 1827
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feb 13, 1827
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~ 199 years ago