glycin

American

[glahy-sin] / ˈglaɪ sɪn /

noun

Chemistry.

a poisonous crystalline compound, C 8 H 9 NO 3 , used as a photographic developer.

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Wratten Process Plates give excellent results, and the following is a good developer to use with them: Glycin 15 grammes 1 oz.

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Sir Knight Octave de Maurice asks for a formula for a glycin developer.

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Take glycin, 6 grains; carbonate of potassium, 48 grains; water, 4 ounces.

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Glycin, assimilated by plants, 47.

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