Thanks to Jonathan Danforth for the link to a book I hadn’t seen before The Daguerreotype: Nineteenth-Century Technology and Modern Science 
I learned quite a bit from even my initial perusal. Did you know for instance that Daguerreotypes do not fade like ordinary photographs when exposed to sunlight? I didn’t. Page 211 contains information about the non-fading nature of Daguerreotypes.
I plan to buy a copy soon.
Daguerreotype Process | andy | May 20, 2008
Courtesy Lib. of Congress
Continuing my progress on preparing to do 4×5 daguerreotypes. The camera currently only has a “hat shutter” so I have been looking at available shutters for my large lens – the only new one available seems to be the Packard shutter. This item, still made by the son of the creator is available for $850 [...]
I was going to write a short post about today being the anniversary of the first announcement of the daguerreotype, but a half hour of research revealed that the real story is more complicated – announcement today – perhaps first printed tomorrow, possibly unpublished circulars from earlier dates, first english language announcement, etc., etc., etc. So [...]
Did some testing of liquid bromine on various kinds of plastics today. Only PTFE was non-reactive as far as I could tell. Have plastic samples now sitting in a container with iodine crystals.
Was doing some research on Rubylith and added a very short article about it to the CDags Wiki. I need to find more people to help add articles to the wiki, it is still pretty threadbare…
Had a nice inquiry e-mail about the sliding fume box from Javier Camara in Japan. It is always good to hear from fellow daguerreian explorers. I advised him that it was still a work in progress ( the word progress being used in a rather optimistic manner). I still haven’t charged up the bromine side of the box [...]
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I’m glad I could point you towards a nice resource. Books on the subject are few and far between. I like picking this one up from time to time just to flip through. I always come away with something useful.
After spending a bit more time on the Google preview, I went ahead and got a copy on Amazon. I’m looking forward to getting it.
For other readers interested in creating Daguerreotypes, please visit Jonathan’s site http://www.shinyphotos.com . He is an experienced Daguerreotype artist and has lots of great info on his site. I have spent a good bit of time there and plan to spend more.