> Er........ Since when has 'ur' been an English prefix ? Archetypal or primitive
> fine but the only 'ur' prefix in English refers to urine.
>
> Has anybody out there tried to emulate Herschel's experiments with the use of
> uric acid in photography ? I believe he used the natural product from the dog.
> Was he using the acid as a developer or what ?
Mapplethorpe used it *in* some of his images :-)
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