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21Lippmann plate — The Lippmann plate was an early form of colour photography developed in 1891 by Gabriel Lippmann, a physicist. Lippmann won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1908 for its development.A glass plate is coated with transparent and grainless silver… …
22Tin plate — Tin Tin, n. [As. tin; akin to D. tin, G. zinn, OHG. zin, Icel. & Dan. tin, Sw. tenn; of unknown origin.] 1. (Chem.) An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft silvery white crystalline metal, with… …
23tin plate — tin′ plate or tin′plate n. mel thin iron or steel sheet coated with tin tin′ plate , v.t. plat•ed, plat•ing …
24albumen plate — a flexible zinc or aluminum printing plate coated with a photosensitive compound, used in offset printing of usually fewer than 50,000 copies. Cf. deep etch plate. * * * …
25dry plate process — noun a former photographic method that used a glass plate coated with a light sensitive gelatinous emulsion • Syn: ↑dry plate • Hypernyms: ↑photography …
26black plate — noun : sheet steel or sheet iron that has not yet been made into tin plate by being coated with tin or that is used uncoated where the protection afforded by tin is unnecessary (as in certain cans) * * * black plate, steel or iron in thin sheets… …
27terne|plate — «TURN PLAYT», noun. a thin sheet of iron or steel coated with an alloy of lead and a small percentage of tin: »Terneplate…is used in air cleaners and fuel tanks (Wall Street Journal). ╂[probably < obsolete terne, adjective, dull, dark + plate] …
28wet plate process — a photographic process, in common use in the mid 19th century, employing a glass photographic plate coated with iodized collodion and dipped in a silver nitrate solution immediately before use. Also called wet collodion process, collodion process …
29tin plate — noun A thin sheet of steel coated with tin to prevent rusting; used to make cans etc. See Also: tin plate …
30dry plate — n. dry glass plate coated with a sensitive emulsion atop which photographic negatives or pictures can be made (Photography) …
