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Dry plate   /draɪ pleɪt/   Listen
Dry plate

noun
1.
A former photographic method that used a glass plate coated with a light-sensitive gelatinous emulsion.  Synonym: dry plate process.





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... the sun and the dry plate, illustrators had to find inks and methods which would aid the engraver as much as possible. The use of opaque white as a ground for the mixture of tones, with its resultant bluish cast in black-and-white drawing, has almost disappeared. The ...
— The Building of a Book • Various


Words linked to "Dry plate" :   photography, dry plate process


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