Antoine
Hercule Romuald Florence, French-born Brazilian photographer, painter, engraver
and printer (Nice 29 February 1804 – Campinas, São Paulo State 27 March 1879) Presented
first detailled report about Apiaká Natives Enunciated
the concept of soundscape and specificity of animal voice CONTRIBUTIONS TO PHOTOGRAPHY Developed poliphotographic process, a photographic process that permit obtaining copies by contact in photosensitive substances impregnated paper (1833) before Talbot (1834-9) First used paper in photographic essays before Talbot Coined the term photography independently (1833) Proposed the use of ammonium hydroxide in
fixing photographical pictures IMPROVEMENTS/INVENTIONS Created poligraphy, a new printing method (1830) A new system to use musical notation for recording BIRD songs and vocalizations of other animals (Zoophony) A new printing method to avoid falsification (1842) Described type-syllables, a forerunner of shorthand (1847) Invented pulvography, a powder printing process (1860) Printing of oil paintings and colored prints Stereo painting (1859) Pneumatic or hydrostatic wheel (1838) Production of chili hats and every kind of straw hats (1839) A wash hair (1858) Synoptic dictionary (1853) A new archictectural order named Palmian or
Brazilian (1852) His son, Guilherme Florence, mining engineer (Campinas,
São Paulo State 19 June 1864 – São Paulo 05 October 1942) Created a
new method for rapid determination of monazite based on microscopical observation
Proposed a process of volumetric dosage of molybdenum
and phosphorus in iron and manganese ores described in Rev Soc. Bras.
Ciencias 3, 1919 Proposed the use of microscope to study of silk crystals Patented
Pyrites Formicides, a component of ant killer (1904) HONORS Florenceia Mezzalira 1974 (Fossil Bivalvia) Florencite Hussak & Prior 1900 (Mineral) |
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