Dancing Naked on the Head of a Pin: The Early History of Microphotography publicdomainreview.org 57 points by crescit_eundo 3 days ago
ggm-at-algebras 5 hours ago Wasn't miniaturisation of photos used to get airmail out of the Paris commune in 1871? So less than 20 years after this.
murdockq 10 hours ago So is it possible we can trace the manufacture of microchip lithography to this? We've been able to minaturize things for some time using light. analog31 9 hours ago Yes. Many of the principles are the same. And photilithography had uses before semiconductors.
analog31 9 hours ago Yes. Many of the principles are the same. And photilithography had uses before semiconductors.
Wasn't miniaturisation of photos used to get airmail out of the Paris commune in 1871? So less than 20 years after this.
So is it possible we can trace the manufacture of microchip lithography to this? We've been able to minaturize things for some time using light.
Yes. Many of the principles are the same. And photilithography had uses before semiconductors.