FERROTYPE

Etymology

Noun

ferrotype (plural ferrotypes)

An early photographic process in which the image is made on an iron plate having a sensitized surface film.

A photograph produced by this means.

Verb

ferrotype (third-person singular simple present ferrotypes, present participle ferrotyping, simple past and past participle ferrotyped)

to take a ferrotype photograph

Source: Wiktionary


Fer"ro*type, n. Etym: [L. ferrum iron + -type.]

Definition: A photographic picture taken on an iron plate by a collodion process; -- familiarly called tintype.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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