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137: 103:"From the time of Saxton's coming to Philadelphia we were intimate and warm friends until his death. The first summer vacation of Lukens' after Saxton commenced to work with him, his shop was not closed as usual, but Saxton was left in charge, "to tinker," as Lukens said, with anything he liked. He planned, and was making for himself a cane gun. My elder brother and myself each concluded to make one ... I was in his shop beside Saxton doing that little job, when Lukens, who had unexpectedly returned from his summer trip, came in. He looked at, and asked what I was doing. On examining the plan, he suggested some slight alterations. Saxton showed his gun that was completed. He had worked out the plan himself and Lukens was greatly pleased with its simplicity." 120:, in 1828 and resided there nine years. For most of his stay he was employed by the Adelaide Gallery of Practical Science, a museum for the public that demonstrated new inventions and scientific principles. While working for the gallery, Saxton invented the magneto-electric machine, an apparatus for measuring the velocity of vessels, a device for measuring the height of water in a steam boiler, the 194:
and a portion of the State Armory building. It was taken on a sheet of polished metal. A seidlitz powder box with a few flakes of iodine answered for a coating box, while a cigar box and burning glass were improvised for a camera. An iron spoon served to heat the mercury to develop the plate. The
160:, first as superintended the making of machinery and then as curator of weights and measures, accurate sets of which were furnished to national and State governments. Among his inventions of this time may be mentioned a mirror 17: 59:, and first entered as an apprentice to a watchmaker when he was twelve years old. Saxon was the son of a Mr. Saxton, a mechanic, and Elizabeth Ashbaugh, daughter of John Ashbaugh Sr. 358:"Pioneer period and pioneer people of Fairfield County, Ohio : Wiseman, C. M. L. (Charles Milton Lewis), 1829-1904 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming" 206:
to supply him with better photographic plates. Cornelius took up an interest in photography and opened one of the first daguerreotype studios in May 1840.
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The Origins of American Photography: From Daguerreotype to Dry-Plate, 1839-1885: The Hallmark Photographic Collection at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
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picture which was produced is owned by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. The first reference to the photograph appeared on 24 October 1839 in the
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The Public Schools of Philadelphia: Historical, Biographical, Statistical by John Trevor Custis, Burk & McFetridge Co. Publisher, 1897, Pg. 132
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and compensating pendulum for clocks. He also helped Lukens with the construction of a clock for the newly rebuilt steeple of the
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In the fall of 1839, either around September 25 or October 16, Saxton took what is one of the oldest surviving photographs (
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From 1843 until his death, three decades later, he was superintendent of weights and measures for the
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The image was taken from the window of his office at the Philadelphia Mint and captured the cupola of
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After almost a decade abroad, Saxton returned to Philadelphia in 1837 and accepted a position at the
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Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978, Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, Number 40:
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Rung, Albert M. (July 1940). "Joseph Saxton: Pennsylvania Inventor and Pioneer Photographer".
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taken by Saxton in 1839 is one of the oldest surviving photographs taken in the
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United States Standards of Weights and Measures, Their Creation and Creators
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process during spring 1839 and daguerreotypes in September of that year.
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In 1884, an anecdote about Saxton's apprenticeship was published by
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After Saxton took his first experimental images, he approached
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by the Franklin Institute for the invention of his reflecting
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Looking to further his education, Joseph Saxton traveled to
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Robert Cornelius - portraits from the dawn of Photography
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Robert Cornelius - portraits from the dawn of Photography
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Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies
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Dual-rotor permanent magnet induction motor (DRPMIM)
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for comparing standards of length and a new form of
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machinist
Pennsylvania
daguerrotype
United States
Huntingdon
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Isaiah Lukens
marine chronometer
escapement
Independence Hall
George Escol Sellers
London
England
riflescope
fountain pen

daguerreotype
Central High School
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Mint
comparator
dividing engine
tide gauge
hydrometer
daguerreotype
calotype
Central High School
Robert Cornelius

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