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Who was Daguerre's famous partner in developing the daguerreotype?

  • Nicéphore Niépce

  • George Eastman

  • Thomas Edison

  • Henry Fox Talbot

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Nicéphore Niépce, Daguerre's renowned partner, played a crucial role in the development of the daguerreotype. Niépce's groundbreaking work on heliography, the precursor to photography, laid the foundation for Daguerre's subsequent advancements. Through their collaboration, they refined the process, resulting in the daguerreotype, the first widely used photographic technique.
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