1840s

Calotype
Patented in 1841, influential in the 1840s

Cyanotype
Invented in 1842, Atkins' picture books from 1843 onwards.

Salted Paper Print
From 1840 onwards; widespread before albumen paper

Anthotype
1842, Sir John Herschel's experiments with plant juices

Petzval Swirl Bokeh
1840, Josef Petzval's portrait objective

Dissolving Views
1830s-1840s, Henry Langdon Childe's magic lantern shows

Harmonograph
1840s; invention often attributed to Hugh Blackburn in 1844

Astrophotography
1840, John W. Draper's daguerreotype of the Moon

Photomicrography
1840s, early work by Alfred Donné and William Henry Fox Talbot