Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Alan Hull wrote: > > Did somebody really say that? Maybe a short refresher course on foto > chemistry is called for. > 1 The French thought about it. > 2. The British invented it. > 3. The Germans perfected it. > 4. The Americans put it in a little yellow box. > I am not every day proud of my country (especially when the 1/6 of it choose a fascist party) but I must admit that the French, the British and the German thought about it, but the French invented it (N.Niepce an Daguerre were french, were'nt they ?). F.J.