dry plate

American  

noun

1. a glass photographic plate coated with a sensitive emulsion of silver bromide and silver iodide in gelatin.

2. Metallurgy. tin plate having patches of dull finish.

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Etymology

Origin of dry plate

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

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dry plate

Oxymel produced a dry plate that could be kept for days.

From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2014

“You’ll have a new barn in no time,” I said, wiping an already dry plate with a towel.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

At the South London Technical Meeting, held in the great hall of the Society of Arts, I exhibited my non-actinic developing tray, and developed a gelatine dry plate in the full blaze of gas-light.

From The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years by John Werge

P. McNabb, 2208 2d Ave., N. Y. city, a pair of 2-pound Indian clubs, a pack of trick cards and 2 books on magic for dry plate holders for a 4x5 camera.

From Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 by James Elverson

Thus every complete revolution of the central wheel in the floor of the box carries with it the dry plate, stops it, and moves it on again six times.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 by Various