Warren de la Rue NPG Ax14763

National Portrait Gallery, London

by Ernest Edwards, published by Alfred William Bennett

Warren de la Rue was a pioneer in astronomical photography, the method by which nearly all modern astronomical observations are made. Educated in Paris, he returned to London and entered his father’s stationary business. He devoted his leisure hours to chemical and electrical researches, and between 1836 and 1848 published several papers on these subjects. From 1852 de la Rue began to be interested in the application of photography to astronomy. His stereoscopic pictures (formed by combining two photographs taken in succession) of the sun… more

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Extra small 102mm x 153mm 6.00

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