What Is Arago Argue?

Francois Arago’s “Report to the Chamber of Deputies” is a report presented about a proposed bill, granting M. Daguerre and to the son of M. Niepce life pension granting them a national reward due to their invention, which could not be protected by ordinary patent laws. He discusses the invention by the two men: the Daguerreotype. It is a machine that reproduces images received in the camera obscura onto copper plates. He noted that Daguerre should be well credited for the effort, time and money that went into recreating and fixing the images because with this new process, so many more opportunities outside of the art realm were possible.
Arago makes numerous points about the potential applications that he sees for the new process Daguerre has proposed and how this process can assist in the realization of other uses. He adds that it is able to be used and controlled by anyone and in an amount of time that compared to other processes, is very short. This significant …show more content…
In addition, Arago points out that this process can be performed regardless of which season it is and of what time and this further emphasizes his argument where the process allows anyone at anytime to produce a photograph. This new processes allowed a whole different perspective on the creation of something, it shined light on the importance of taking the time to make something possible. With the daguerreotype our idea and perception of photography was changed and is still on of the key factors in the evolvement of photography and photo development throughout the years. Lastly, Arago summarizes the importance of Daguerre’s actions and the creation of the daguerreotype into “…four aspects: its originality, its usefulness in the arts, the speed of execution, and the valuable aid witch science will find it” (Arago,