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Question 1

range of application (ex. photography)

Answer 1

scope of photography

Question 2

boring, uninteresting (ex. this made the development of photographs a long and ……. process)

Answer 2

tedious

Question 3

to become wider, or to cause something to become wider (Though both methods came out the same year and ……….. the scope of photography, they produced very different results)

Answer 3

broadened

Question 4

a chemical element that is a reddish-brown metal, used especially for making wire and coins. ex.: Creating a daguerreotype involved producing images on …… plates coated in a silver-and-chalk solution.

Answer 4

copper (plates)

Question 5

thickly covered:

Ex.: Creating a dagueerreotype involved producing images on copper plates ……. in a silver-and-chalk solution.

Answer 5

coated (in a silver-and-chalk solution.)

Question 6

a photographic image that has been exposed but not yet developed. Ex.: After the photo was taken, it was placed in mercury fumes to form a …….. image.

Answer 6

latent image

Question 7

a photographic image that has been exposed but not yet developed. Ex.: After the photo was taken, it was placed in mercury fumes to form a …….. image.

Answer 7

latent image

Question 8

dangerous; potentially causing harm. Ex.: The vapors were ……… to the photographer and could result in mercury poisoning.

Answer 8

hazardous

Question 9

reasoning based on incomplete facts or information. Ex.: There is ……… that Daguerre himself may have suffered from mercury poisoning in his later years.

Answer 9

speculation

Question 10

easily broken or damaged.

Ex.: Calotypes were easier to examine and less ……., making them popular with travelers.

Answer 10

fragile

Question 11

cleverness and originality.
Ex.: Yet, the original results of Daguerre and Talbot’s ………. is still seen over a century later in today’s photographs.

Answer 11

ingenulty

Question 12

strong, unpleasant, and sometimes dangerous gas or smoke.

Ex.: After the photo was taken, it was placed in mercury …….. to form a latent image.

Answer 12

fumes

Question 13

A gas that escapes from a liquid or solid, esp. as a result of heating.
Ex.: The ……… were hazardous to the photographer and could result in mercury poisoning.

Answer 13

The vapors

Question 14

to experience physical or mental pain:

There is speculation that Daguerre himself may have …….ed from mercury poisoning in his later years.

Answer 14

suffered

Question 15

If something ……… the ……… for/to something else, it makes the other thing possible: The invention of daguerreotypes and calotypes helped …. the way for modern photography.

Answer 15

pave the way