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