ferrotype

American  

[fer-uh-tahyp] / ˈfɛr əˌtaɪp /

verb (used with object)

ferrotyped, ferrotyping

1. to put a glossy surface on (a print) by pressing, while wet, on a metal sheet ferrotypetin.

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noun

1. Also called tintype.  a positive photograph made on a sensitized sheet of enameled iron or tin.

2. the process of making such photographs.

ferrotype British  

/ ˈfɛrəʊˌtaɪp /

noun

1. a photographic print produced directly in a camera by exposing a sheet of iron or tin coated with a sensitized enamel

2. the process by which such a print is produced

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Etymology

Origin of ferrotype

First recorded in 1835–45; ferro- + -type

Example Sentences

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ferrotype

It is commonly known under the names of “blue print process,” “negative ferrotype process” and “ferro-prussiate process.”

From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Duchochois, Peter C.

I tried putting in a large number of these tubes, all in quantity, on the bottom of a ferrotype plate, but with no advantage.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 by Various

More often a photograph is taken on a ferrotype plate and the outlines scratched into the plate.

From What Philately Teaches A Lecture Delivered before the Section on Philately of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, February 24, 1899 by Luff, John N.

Glossy prints are not much more difficult to make than dull-surfaced prints, the only necessary additional effort being the use of a squeegee plate, or ferrotype plate.

From Making Your Camera Pay by Davis, Frederick C.

By mounting aristo prints in this way one avoids getting paste on the face of the picture, and it will retain much of the gloss imparted to it by the ferrotype plate.

From Harper's Round Table, October 8, 1895 by Various