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heliotype

American  
[hee-lee-uh-tahyp] / ˈhi li əˌtaɪp /

noun

heliotyped, heliotyping
  1. collotype.


heliotype British  
/ ˈhiːlɪəʊˌtaɪp, ˌhiːlɪəʊˈtɪpɪk /

noun

  1. Also called: heliotypy.  a printing process in which an impression is taken in ink from a gelatine surface that has been exposed under a negative and prepared for printing

  2. the gelatine plate produced by such a process

  3. a print produced from such a plate

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of heliotype

First recorded in 1865–70; helio- + -type

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It is plainly shown in the heliotype which accompanies Professor Rau’s work on the Palenque cross, though not so well in our Fig.

From Studies in Central American Picture-Writing First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 205-245 by Holden, Edward Singleton

A picture in heliotype copied from a series of six photographs, showing the various positions assumed by the figure during the process of excavation, can be consulted upon the second page following.

From The Mayas, the Sources of Their History Dr. Le Plongeon in Yucatan, His Account of Discoveries by Salisbury, Stephen

The edition of 1627, belonging to the Library of Harvard College, contains likewise an illuminated title-page, which we here give in heliotype.

From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 01 by Otis, Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy)

The illustration is a beautiful heliotype from a fine photograph made by T. H.

From The Cliff Ruins of Canyon de Chelly, Arizona Sixteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1894-95, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1897, pages 73-198 by Mindeleff, Cosmos

The illustrations consist of a fine heliotype view of the Old State House, from the east end, the home of the Society; and a copy of its well-devised seal, in the heraldic coloring.

From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4 by Various

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