quarter plate
noun
a photographic plate measuring 3 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (8.3 × 10.8 cm)
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How to use quarter plate in a sentence
The quarter-plate size will be found most suitable, and these may be successfully enlarged to 12 by 10.
Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do | AnonymousProvision is then made to fit into the frame a quarter-plate printing frame, in which is placed the negative.
Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do | AnonymousIn half-plate, and three-quarter-plate types of watches part of the disc is cut away.
Time Telling through the Ages | Harry Chase BrearleyThe hairspring stud is set in the cock like the Elgin three-quarter-plate movement.
Watch and Clock Escapements | AnonymousThe time taken to transmit a photograph, quarter-plate size, is about fifteen minutes.
Wireless Transmission of Photographs | Marcus J. Martin
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