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carbon tissue

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noun
a sheet of paper coated with pigmented gelatine, used in the carbon processAlso called: carbon paper
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How to use carbon tissue in a sentence

  • A very suitable instrument for timing the exposure of carbon tissue is Sawyer's actinometer.

    Photogravure|Henry R. Blaney
  • From the negative, a positive is made upon transparency carbon tissue which is mounted upon a sheet of plate glass.

    The Essentials of Illustration|T. G. (Thomas George) Hill
  • The carbon tissue comes only in rolls of 2½ feet by 12 feet, price $3.00, not cut.

    Photogravure|Henry R. Blaney
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