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carbon tissue

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noun

  1. Also called: carbon paper.  a sheet of paper coated with pigmented gelatine, used in the carbon process

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

From Photogravure by Blaney, Henry R.

The carbon tissue used as a resist, which is mounted on the copper plate, is made by the Autotype Company, London, England.

From Photogravure by Blaney, Henry R.

The carbon tissue comes only in rolls of 2½ feet by 12 feet, price $3.00, not cut.

From Photogravure by Blaney, Henry R.

The following instructions for making carbon transparencies will no doubt be found useful: The carbon tissue prepared for this process consists of paper coated with gelatine containing carbon, lamp-black, or other pigments.

From Photogravure by Blaney, Henry R.

The carbon tissue is seldom prepared by photographers.

From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Duchochois, Peter C.