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    Désiré Charles Emanuel van Monckhoven (1834–1882) was a Belgian chemist, physicist, and photographic researcher. He was also an inventor and author. Monckhoven...
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  • Canadian politician Désiré Rakotoarijaona (born 1934), Prime Minister of Madagascar Désiré van Monckhoven (1834–1882), Belgian chemist Désiré Vervoort (1810–1886)...
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    aperture, the better to exclude all extraneous light." In 1867, Désiré van Monckhoven, in one of the earliest books on photographic optics, draws a distinction...
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    dry plates had been available since 1857, thanks to the work of Désiré van Monckhoven, but it was not until the invention of the gelatin dry plate in...
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    writer Paul van Geert (born 1950), psychologist Marc Van Montagu (born 1933), biotech pioneer Désiré van Monckhoven (1934–1882), physicist Jules Van Praet (1806–1887)...
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  • Introductory Sketch of its Progress, and Suggestions for its Confutation Désiré van Monckhoven – Méthodes simplifiées de photographie sur papier (Simplified Methods...
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  • series Dyson sphere Dyson tree Dysprosium titanate Dénes Berényi Désiré van Monckhoven Détecteur à Grande Acceptance pour la Physique Photonucléaire Expérimentale...
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  • condenser lens. Belgian photochemist and professional photographer Désiré van Monckhoven registered in August 1863 a patent for "an optical apparatus intended...
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  • July – Louis-Charles Verwee (born 1832), painter 25 September – Désiré van Monckhoven (born 1834), photographer 17 November – Henri Julien Allard (born...
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    passage to concentrate its light on the condenser lens, while Désiré van Monckhoven's 1863 patent was for a modification of Woodward's design that had...
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    a four-lens camera with a sliding back that became the standard. Désiré Monckhoven reported in 1859; We saw at M. Hermagis' a magnificent device, consisting...
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