collodion process

noun

, Photography.

1. wet plate process.

Word History and Origins

Origin of collodion process¹

First recorded in 1865–60

Example Sentences

Collodion process in photography—Scott Archer, England, 1849.

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We now take up that more important branch of the collodion process, vis., that for negatives.

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Three hours in the calotype and waxed-paper process, and half-an-hour sufficed for the collodion process!!

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The first nitrate of silver bath used by Scott Archer in his discovery of the collodion process, 1850.

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Mr. T. M. Brownrigg shows seventeen photographs all excellent examples of the wet collodion process.

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