Person

Marcus Aurelius Root

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1854

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Marcus Aurelius Root, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. James Ambrose Cutting patents improvements to the wet collodion (Ambrotype) process

    1854

    Role: Daguerreotypist

    1. July 4, 1854 · United StatesPatent for Collodion Preparation

      Cutting received US Patent 11213 on July 4, 1854, for improvements in the preparation of collodion for photographic pictures.

    2. July 11, 1854 · United StatesPatent for Photographic Compositions

      On July 11, 1854, Cutting was awarded US Patent 11266 for improvements in compositions used for making photographic pictures.

    3. July 11, 1854 · United StatesPatent for Sealing Glass Images

      Cutting received US Patent 11267 on July 11, 1854, for a method to seal collodion images on glass using balsam.

Sources

  1. Ambrotype Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27
  2. James Ambrose Cutting Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-16