19.173 "dry photography"?

               Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 19, No. 173.
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         Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 06:56:05 +0100
         From: "Michel Lemaire" <mlemaire17_at_sympatico.ca>
         Subject: Dry photography?

Hello,

In his famous essay, «As We May Think» (1945),
Vannevar Bush describes his imaginary computer,
the «memex», as working with «dry photography».
Being francophone, I do not know what it means.
Could someone tell me what is «dry photography»? Thanks.

Michel Lemaire
Département des lettres françaises
Université d'Ottawa
mlemaire_at_uottawa.ca
www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/astrolabe
Received on Tue Jul 26 2005 - 02:13:22 EDT