Timeline of photography technology

The following list comprises significant milestones in the development of photography technology. == Timeline == === Prior to the 19th century === 1614 – In Septem planetarum terrestrium spagirica recensio, Angelo Sala reported that "Si lapidem lunearem pulveratum ad solem exponas instar atramenti niggerimus" (When you expose powdered silver nitrate to sunlight, it turns black as ink), and also its effect on paper; silver nitrate wrapped in paper for a year turned black.

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