Finding a Portrait in a Daguerreotype’s Mercury
Mercury maps can reveal faces in badly tarnished daguerreotypes. Recovering information and restoring a photograph’s appearance are different achievements.
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How the Archimedes Palimpsest Became Readable
Why the Archimedes Palimpsest needed years of conservation, dissatisfied readers, and careful metadata before its spectacular images became useful evidence.