Transcriber Note: Text emphasis denoted as _Italics_ and =Bold=. PUBLISHED SEMI-MONTHLY, AT $3 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE. THE DAGUERREIAN JOURNAL: Devoted to the Daguerrian and Photogenic Arts. Also, embracing the Sciences, Arts, and Literature. [Illustration] VOL. I. MARCH 1, 1851. NO. 8. NEW-YORK: S. D. HUMPHREY, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, NO. 311 BROADWAY. SUBJECT TO NEWSPAPER POSTAGE.--See 3d page cover. CONTENTS. Etching Daguerreotype Plates, by W. R. Grove 225 Valuable Receipt 228 Painting--its Origin and History, by Wm. Walcott 229 Bromine 233 Nitrate of Silver decomposed by the current of a Galvanic Battery 235 Potassium-Cyanide or simple Cyanuret of Potassium 236 Stereo-Chromic Painting 236 Water--Spring, River and Lake 237 Isinglass 238 Papier-Mache 238 Chloride of Calcium 238 Muriate of Ammonia 238 Bromide of Silver Native Bromide of Silver and analysis 239 Hillotypes 241 Communication, by L. L. Hill 241 Removal 243 Our Daguerreotypes--Polishing Machine--Gurney-- Thompson--McBride--Weston--Morand 243 Correspondence--Jas. Bennett Sykes--W. S. Gear 244 Ammonia 245 An Army of Subscribers 245 Strange Announcement 245 Examples of the Divisibility of Matter 246 Iron--Its Natural and Artificial Combination with Carbon 247 New Weigh-lock at Albany 249 Daguerreotyping in London 249 Quick Stuffs--Six Receipts 250 Money received 251 Answers to Correspondents 251 Notice of New Publication 251 Advertisements 252 Artists' Register 255 WILLIAM S. DORR, Printer, 101 Nassau-St., New York.