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dry plate
noun
- a glass photographic plate coated with a sensitive emulsion of silver bromide and silver iodide in gelatin.
- Metallurgy. tin plate having patches of dull finish.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dry plate1
First recorded in 1855–60
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Example Sentences
I have known a man find that determining factor in a dry-plate factory, and another in writing a history of the Manor.
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The exposure is much longer than in ordinary dry plate work, generally lasting in the neighborhood of five minutes.
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Because of the sun and the dry plate, illustrators had to find inks and methods which would aid the engraver as much as possible.
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The recent advances in dry-plate photography have vastly increased our powers of dealing with this subject.
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An occasional lone poplar tree developed in the mist as an object on a dry plate develops.
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