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bromoil

American  
[broh-moil] / ˈbroʊ mɔɪl /

noun

Photography.
  1. an offset reproduction produced by the bromoil process.


Etymology

Origin of bromoil

First recorded in 1905–10; brom- + oil

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He mastered the bromoil process early on and later developed and refined his own techniques for lighting, multiple exposures and the like.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 28, 2014

A bromoil transfer print titled by Mr. Faber “Devotion, Austria 1914” is signed by Rudolf Koppitz.

From New York Times Mar. 12, 2010

“What medium—gum, multiple gum, bromoil, platinum, bromide, chloride—is most popular today?”

From Pictorial Photography in America 1921 by Pictorial Photographers of America

It is the general effect that interests the outsider, and he cares not whether the print is a gum, a bromoil, a bromide, a platinum, or a palladiotype.

From Pictorial Photography in America 1922 by Pictorial Photographers of America

As to processes that are in favor, the bromoil and the bromoil transfer still continue to attract a host of workers.

From Pictorial Photography in America 1922 by Pictorial Photographers of America

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