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

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Example Sentences

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ferrotype

The most distinct articulate speech was obtained from an ordinary ferrotype telephone plate, secured at the edges, and one of the glass tubes you see here attached to it.

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

The diaphragm, which should be of thin ferrotype tin, should be soldered to the box.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

How to prepare a polishing solution for ferrotype plates.

From Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895 by Various

Sir Knight A. Smith, Trenton, New Jersey, asks for a good developing solution, how to polish ferrotype plates, and how to keep films from curling when drying.

From Harper's Round Table, August 27, 1895 by Various

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

From Photographic Reproduction Processes by Peter C. Duchochois

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